{"id":472100,"date":"2026-02-26T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/472100\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T01:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:00:23","slug":"some-injured-rangers-expected-back-when-team-starts-up-nhl-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/472100\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Some&#8217; injured Rangers expected back when team starts up NHL schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Sullivan expects \u201csome\u201d of the injured Rangers players back in the lineup when their lost season resumes Thursday night against the Flyers.<\/p>\n<p>After practicing with the team for the past week over the Olympic break, it seems likely that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/17\/sports\/rangers-back-to-practice-in-hopes-olympic-break-provides-reset\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">both Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin<\/a> will return for the first time since they both suffered lower-body injuries Jan. 5 against the Mammoth. <\/p>\n<p>Forwards Conor Sheary and Adam Edstrom have also been practicing, although Edstrom has spent the fewest days on the ice among that group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would anticipate some of them being ready. I\u2019m working through that right now,\u201d Sullivan said Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019ve been in contact with those guys when I was over there [in Milan at the Olympics], but I\u2019m working through that right now with [team president Chris Drury] and our coaching staff. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would anticipate some of them being available for [Thursday]. Not all, but some.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.35629139;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38605275\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/041725Rangers16CW.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Fox\" class=\"wp-image-38605275\"  \/>Adam Fox could be back in the Rangers lineup. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38605284\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20251220_RangersFlyers_CS011.jpg\" alt=\"New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) allows a goal to score in the second period at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in New York, NY. \" class=\"wp-image-38605284\"  \/>New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) allows a goal to score in the second period at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in New York, NY.  Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan said he enjoyed coaching his son-in-law, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/22\/us-news\/hockey-greats-ken-morrow-pat-lafontaine-ecstatic-for-team-usas-gold-medal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defenseman Charlie McAvoy of the Bruins<\/a>, on Team USA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was special. I won\u2019t lie to you,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cObviously when you have the privilege to be part of an Olympic team, that\u2019s special in and of itself. But to have the opportunity to share it with my son-in-law, my family, from a personal standpoint, it couldn\u2019t get any better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiterally my whole family was in Milan to share the experience. So I think it takes on just an added level of personal fulfillment to have the opportunity to work together with Charlie. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great kid, first and foremost, he\u2019s a terrific hockey player, as you guys know, but he\u2019s a great person, and it was fun to have the opportunity to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the expert take on the Blueshirts\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Rangers, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mika Zibanejad, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/24\/sports\/rangers-mika-zibanejad-still-not-really-over-loss-to-usa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who competed for Team Sweden<\/a> in the Olympics, did not practice Wednesday because of an illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Sullivan expects \u201csome\u201d of the injured Rangers players back in the lineup when their lost season resumes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[1503,5,2273,2310,3328,35,5190,5193,4,36,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-472100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-adam-fox","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-igor-shesterkin","11":"tag-mike-sullivan-nhl","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-rangers","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkrangers","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-rangers","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116134231231140606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472100","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=472100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}