New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury has been busy this offseason. He traded for 37-goal scorer Pavel Dorofeyev and signed him long-term. He finally moved Vincent Trocheck to Utah. But one thing he will not do is trade Adam Fox.
According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, several teams have called about the 28-year-old defenseman. Drury shut every single one of them down. Friedman reported that the GM essentially told interested clubs to “get lost.” That is not a paraphrase. That is reportedly how it went.
Fox missed the cut for Team USA’s 2026 Olympic roster. Drury and Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan were among the decision-makers on that roster. That led to some speculation that Fox might be unhappy. But if he is, it hasn’t changed New York’s position.
Why Fox stays put
The Rangers finished dead last in the Eastern Conference last season. Losing Trocheck and Artemi Panarin hurts. But Fox is still their most important skater not named Igor Shesterkin. He won the Norris Trophy in 2021. He put up 52 points in 55 games last year despite battling injuries. In the three previous seasons, he cleared 70 points each time.
Fox has three years left on his deal with a $9.5 million cap hit. He’s from Jericho, New York. The Flames picked him in the third round of the 2016 draft, then traded his rights to the Rangers. He has been in New York ever since.
The price to pry him out of the Big Apple would be astronomical. That’s assuming Drury would even listen. He won’t. So teams can keep calling. The answer is not changing.
New York added Sean Durzi in the Trocheck trade too. Between him and Dorofeyev, the roster looks different than it did last season. Not necessarily better on paper, but harder to scout. Harder to predict.
Holding onto Fox sends a clear message anyway. The Rangers still see themselves as a contending team. Not a rebuilding one. They might have finished last, but they aren’t tearing it down.
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