{"id":445923,"date":"2026-02-04T22:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445923\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:50:15","slug":"adam-foxs-injury-played-role-in-usa-picking-jackson-lacombe-to-replace-seth-jones-for-olympic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445923\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Fox\u2019s injury played role in USA picking Jackson LaCombe to replace Seth Jones for Olympic team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-rangers\/3\" target=\"_blank\">New York Rangers<\/a> defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/adam-fox\/8479323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/adam-fox\/8479323\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Fox<\/a> is getting close to making a return to the lineup, but it will have to wait until after the Olympic break, head coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fox, who is on LTIR and has been out since Jan. 5 with a lower-body injury, was left off Team USA\u2019s initial roster for the Olympics and passed over again as the country replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/seth-jones\/8477495\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/seth-jones\/8477495\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Jones<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/anaheim-ducks\/24\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> blueliner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jackson-lacombe\/8481605\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jackson-lacombe\/8481605\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson LaCombe<\/a> in mid-January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sullivan, who will also serve as head coach for the United State in Italy, acknowledged Wednesday that Fox\u2019s injury played a role in the decision. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Adam Fox looked like he\u2019s getting closer to being full go, but Mike Sullivan said he won\u2019t play tomorrow against Carolina. <\/p>\n<p>Asked if Fox\u2019s injury played into Team USA\u2019s consideration when deciding on a Jones Olympic replacement, Sullivan said \u201cyes.\u201d Jackson LaCombe got the nod.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peter_Baugh\/status\/2019101560169693323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fox, 27, also missed almost all of December with an upper-body injury. He returned to action on Dec. 31 after missing 14 games with the ailment, but was able to play just three games before suffering his latest injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A Norris Trophy winner as a sophomore in the 2020-21 campaign, Fox has four goals and 28 points in 30 games this season. In 461 career NHL games, the Jericho, NY native has 67 goals and 397 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">LaCombe, 25, has six goals and 37 points while appearing in all 56 games for the Ducks this season, averaging 24:30 of ice time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Team USA will play its first game at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 12 against Latvia. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Rangers defenceman Adam Fox is getting close to making a return to the lineup, but it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45359,4759,5,36432,33359,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-445923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-adam-fox-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8479323","9":"tag-apple-news","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-jackson-lacombe-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8481605","12":"tag-new-york-rangers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-3","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116014812122265856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}