There is a lot more behind the Rangers’ defensive pairing of Ryan Lindgren and Adam Fox.
For starters, the 21-year-olds have just 25 games shared between them. Lindgren may have played in five games for the Blueshirts during a brief call-up last season, but the duo is essentially navigating their first NHL season together.
And they have also experienced a few developmental stages together, making their reunion in New York that much more notable.
“I’ve known Foxy a long time,” Lindgren said after practice Monday. “We played together at the U.S. National Development Program in Ann Arbor.