Speaking on an NHL-sponsored Zoom call Monday with fellow rookie standout defensemen Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes, Rangers rookie Adam Fox was asked about the physical pounding his defense partner, Ryan Lindgren, has taken this season.
“He had a streak of getting pucks to the face, high sticks – and it wasn’t even the way he plays, it was just unfortunate bounces,’’ Fox said of Lindgren. “So his face probably needed this quarantine a little bit to heal up.’’
The good-natured gibe was nothing more than Fox showing a little love and admiration for his steady partner, though.