Day: November 1, 2021

This off-season marked a watershed in lengthy extensions for defensemen.  Six, seven and even a lot of eight year contracts have been doled out in recent years, with Cale Makar, Dougie Hamilton, Zach Werensky, Seth Jones, Miro Heiskanen and Quinn Hughes all getting 6-8 years and numbers north of $7.8M in the last few months.

It therefore was only a matter of time before the Rangers added Adam Fox to the list, announcing today that they have inked him to a seven year extension with an Annual Average Value (AAV) of $9.5M.  The contract will take Fox through to the end of the 2028-29 season, and ensures that he’ll be in Rangers Blue for the foreseeable future.

As reassuring as October’s schedule was, particularly with the team struggling to get their offense going under Gerard Gallant, November looks somewhat more intimidating.  The Rangers finish off their second four game road trip of this young season, with a swing through Western Canada, and then return to face the red hot Panthers at home.  

Four of their next nine are then against Metropolitan Division rivals, including two against the Islanders and one against the resurgent Devils.  Throw in there a game against Boston and a road trip to Ontario, and the Rangers could be in for a tough time this month.