{"id":236897,"date":"2021-04-27T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rangers-adam-fox-in-hunt-for-historic-norris-trophy-win\/"},"modified":"2021-04-27T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:42:00","slug":"rangers-adam-fox-in-hunt-for-historic-norris-trophy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rangers-adam-fox-in-hunt-for-historic-norris-trophy-win\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rangers’ Adam Fox in hunt for historic Norris Trophy win"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Rangers’ Adam Fox in hunt for historic Norris Trophy win<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Adam Fox is in his sophomore NHL season. Only one defenseman in NHL history has won the Norris Trophy in his second NHL season and his name just happ<\/a>ens to be Bobby Orr.<\/p>\n

The Fox Hunt is on for the hardware awarded to the NHL\u2019s best defenseman. The Fox Hunt is on for history.<\/p>\n

He is 23 and you\u2019d be inclined to think he has been overhyped over the last six weeks if you haven\u2019t watched him play. But once you see him, you get it.<\/p>\n

Once you see the way Fox breaks up plays at one end before creating them at the other, you get it. Once you see the way he avoids getting caught in traffic in the offensive zone so that he can come back and defend on a counter-attack, you get it. Once you see him no-look pass for one setup after another for the big guns, you get it. Once you see him consistently win puck battles with bigger men, you get it.<\/p>\n

The beauty of Fox, who willed his way through paper-stops in Calgary and Carolina on his way to the place he has had his heart set on playing since he was a mere tyke, is in his subtlety. The beauty of Fox is the way his game<\/a> sings.<\/p>\n

The beauty of Fox is that he never, and that means never, sings his own praises.<\/p>\n

Others do that for him. It wasn\u2019t No. 23 who came up with the phrase, \u201cFoxy Skill.\u201d That was courtesy of Brendan Smith. Make it a hashtag. #Foxyskill.<\/p>\n

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Rangers defenseman Adam Fox is a contender for the Norris Trophy.<\/figcaption>
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Is Fox, who leads NHL defensemen with 46 points and 41 assists, two and five ahead of runner-up Victor Hedman in each category, having a better year than his counterpart in Tampa Bay, who at age 30 is seeking his second Norris, and doesn\u2019t it seem that the Swede should have more than one?<\/p>\n

Is Fox having a better year than Washington\u2019s perennial candidate John Carlson, who at age 31 is in search of his first Norris?<\/p>\n

He is right there with them, that is for sure. He has been asked to do more for a team with less. He is right there with anyone, including LA\u2019s Drew Doughty, Colorado\u2019s Cale Makar and Vegas\u2019 Shea Theodore.<\/p>\n