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Dan’s Daily: Holy Kaprizov $$, Habs Line Brawl, Penguins Get Serious  Pittsburgh Hockey Now Wild ink Kaprizov to largest contract in NHL history  ESPN Kaprizov signs 8-year, $136 million contract to stay with Wild  NHL.com NHL agents on the Kirill Kaprizov deal and its ‘gravitational effect’ on the future of salaries – The Athletic  The New York Times RandBall: Kaprizov contract is a whopper, …

As the summer of 2012 approached, the Wild were desperate. They had missed the playoffs four straight years, and fan enthusiasm was waning. A big splash was needed, and it arrived very early in free agency when Zach Parise and Ryan Suter inked identical 13-year, $98 million contracts. The Wild has played in 11 of 13 postseasons since then (including …

Guerin made it clear Kaprizov’s camp knew the Wild’s plan, which saw the team make subtle changes in free agency instead of spending the windfall that came with having the cost of the Parise and Suter buyouts drop exponentially and the NHL salary cap rising. The Wild do have flexibility to adjust in-season, an on-the-fly boost that they were unable …

Kirill Kaprizov didn’t just reset the NHL marketplace by securing a record-shattering extension from the Minnesota Wild. He triggered an earthquake that is likely to produce reverberations across the industry. The Athletic spoke with seven certified player agents immediately after Kaprizov’s $136 million, eight-year extension ($17 million average annual value) with the Wild broke Tuesday morning to gauge what they …

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have agreed to terms with Kirill Kaprizov on a record-breaking contract, announcing Tuesday that they’ve locked him up on an eight-year extension worth $138 million — a $17 million average annual salary. The contract, which begins in 2026-27 and goes through 2033-34, is the richest in NHL history, both in terms of total …

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed left wing Kirill Kaprizov to an eight-year, $136 million contract extension ($17 million average annual value) that begins in the 2026-27 season and goes through the 2033-34 season. Kaprizov, 28 (4/26/97), owns 386 points (185-201=386), …

Blockbuster trade pitch sends Kirill Kaprizov to Hurricanes for haul originally appeared on The Sporting News The prospect of Kirill Kaprizov leaving the Minnesota Wild has become real. That’s just what rejecting an eight-year, $128 million contract extension that would have made you the highest-paid player in NHL history is going to do. Advertisement While general manager Bill Guerin has …

Kirill Kaprizov and the Minnesota Wild could be headed their separate ways. After reportedly turning down a contract extension offer that would have made him the highest-paid player in NHL history, new developments have emerged on Thursday that the Wild have asked Kaprizov for a list of teams he would accept a trade to. Kaprizov is in the final year …

The news breaking Tuesday that Kirill Kaprizov turned down an NHL-record eight-year, $128 million contract offer from the Minnesota Wild sent a shock through the hockey world — and especially fans in Minnesota. The most important question: What does it mean? Kaprizov, who will be 29 when the new contract would kick in next July 1, would have had a …

‘I don’t know where this stuff comes from’: Guerin responds to Kaprizov contract report  Bring Me The News Wild GM: Don’t want ‘panic’ over Kaprizov talks  ESPN Wild’s Kirill Kaprizov turns down richest contract offer in NHL history  New York Post Wild at a crossroads with Kirill Kaprizov after he turns down latest massive offer  The New York Times Report: Kirill Kaprizov turns down …