Adam Fox Drops Drastically In In The NHL Network’s Top-20 Defensemen List
Fox’s fall from grace comes after an injury-riddled 2023-24 season and a regression in which both the New York Rangers’ play and his own individual play regressed during the 2024-25 campaign.
This past season, the 27-year-old defenseman recorded 10 goals, 51 assists, and 61 points in 74 games while averaging 23:15 minutes.
While Fox has seen a dip in production over the past year, he still leads all Rangers players in average ice time and serves a prominent role both from a defensive and offensive standpoint.
The responsibility that Fox holds is invaluable to the Blueshirts, and it should not go unnoticed within the NHL community.
Rangers will play during the 2025-26 season is difficult.
This offseason, the Rangers signed Vladislav Gavrikov to a seven-year, $49 million contract, which should help take some of the load off of Fox.
The defensemen that ranked ahead of Fox on this list from NHL Network include Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes, Zach Werenski, Miro Heiskanen, Victor Hedman, Josh Morrissey, Rasmus Dahlin, Jaccob Slavin, Roma Josi, Evan Bouchard, Gustav Forsling, Jake Sanderson, Thomas Harley, and Shea Theodore.
The Chicago Blackhawks have several exciting young players in their system as they continue their rebuild. They will certainly be hoping that their promising youngsters can continue to develop in the right direction during the 2025-26 season.
We recently discussed how Blackhawks goaltender Spencer Knight was named the team’s top breakout candidate for the 2025-26 campaign by The Hockey News’ main site. However, Chris Meaney of NHL.com has now argued that another exciting young player is Chicago’s top fantasy hockey breakout candidate for the 2025-26 season – forward Frank Nazar
