All signs point to the Minnesota Wild signing All-Star winger Kirill Kaprizov to a massive extension this summer. Recent reports suggest that the Wild will likely sign Kaprizov to an eight-year, $120MM contract. This deal would surpass Leon Draisaitl’s contract for the league’s highest average annual value (AAV). Still, it would fall $4MM short of Alex Ovechkin’s record for the … [Read more...] about Is Kirill Kaprizov Worth A Record-Setting Contract?
Guskov Traded In The KHL
Wild draft pick Matvei Guskov is on the move in the KHL as the league announced earlier this week that he has been traded from Traktor Chelyabinsk to Severstal Cherepovets. The 24-year-old was a fifth-round pick back in 2019 with Minnesota holding his rights indefinitely with no transfer agreement in place between the NHL and the Russian Hockey Federation. Guskov is coming off … [Read more...] about Guskov Traded In The KHL
Snapshots: Pacioretty, Rossi, True
Heading into August, one of the better veteran scoring options left on the market is winger Max Pacioretty. Michael Augello of The Hockey News theorized on five (although it’s actually seven) potential destinations for Pacioretty in what could be the last season of his professional career. Pacioretty (36) is coming off another injury-plagued season, this time with the Toronto … [Read more...] about Snapshots: Pacioretty, Rossi, True
Poll: Will Marco Rossi Return To The Wild?
The trade market has been slower than predicted since draft day. There have been some notable RFA names changing hands, K’Andre Miller and Nicolas Hague among them, but others who were tabbed as likely candidates to move amid a gap in contract talks ended up staying put. One of them is Wild center Marco Rossi, who remains unsigned and is beginning to see his name brought back … [Read more...] about Poll: Will Marco Rossi Return To The Wild?
Seravalli: Wild, Kaprizov Working On Massive Extension
On yesterday’s rendition of the Insider Notebook from Bleacher Report, Frank Seravalli provided an update on the ongoing extension negotiations between the Minnesota Wild and star forward Kirill Kaprizov. Seravalli indicated that he believes the Wild will sign Kaprizov to an eight-year, $120MM contract ($15MM AAV) when everything is said and done.The Novokuznetsk, Russia native … [Read more...] about Seravalli: Wild, Kaprizov Working On Massive Extension