The top season priority of the Minnesota Wild remains unsolved: locking in superstar Kirill Kaprizov for a long -term extension. According to NHL Insider Michael RussoDe Wild has Kaprizov offered a huge deal-of which it is assumed that it is an eight-year contract worth around $ 16 million per season but the decision is now firmly with the 28-year-old attacker.
President of Hockey Operations and General Director Bill Guerin has stressed It is not necessary to panic, even with the training camp that will be opened on September 18. Kaprizov, expecting in Minnesota in the following week, will meet each other with Guerin to continue discussions.
“We spoke all summer,” Guerin said during a performance on Kfan at the Minnesota State Fair. “Things are good. Things are in a good place. I feel at ease with where everything is. I am confident. Kirill loves Minnesota. I know he loves Minnesota. I know he believes in the team. These things just take time.”
Money is not the problem in the Kaprizov extension
Money, sources indicate, is not a bottleneck – not in salary, bonuses or structure. Instead, the star wing weighs whether he should bind to Minnesota for the long term or sign a shorter deal that could give him more flexibility as the NHL salary hood rises.
Kaprizov has been the face of the wild since arrival in 2020, scored 40 or more goals three times in five seasons and last year produced at a pace of 50 goals despite injuries. With an unlimited free agency just one year away, this expansion could be the largest and possibly the last-long-term contract of the NHL.
Similar to what is now happening in Edmonton with Connor McDavid, if no deal is reached at the start of the camp, speculation only becomes intensification. Similar controversial negotiations, including the expansion of Leon Draisaitl with Edmonton, were not completed until the beginning of September. No other large pending free agents who will be expanded for extensions next summer also signed. This has become a waiting game among the top stars of the competition.
For now, optimism remains in Minnesota. But until Pen meets paper, the future of the cornerstone of the Wild’s franchise will remain one of the closest storylines of the competition on the way to the 2025-26 season.
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