Though he remains on LTIR with an upper-body injury, it sure was good to see Adam Fox practicing with his New York Rangers teammates Thursday morning in St. Louis. True, the star defenseman wore a red no-contact jersey, but it feels like a safe bet that his return to the lineup is closer to happening than not.
The Rangers are 4-3-2 in nine games since Fox sustained his injury in a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 29. That’s not far off from the middling 13-12-2 record with Fox in the lineup.