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Kirill Kaprizov has restored the market.
The Minnesota Wild signed its richest contract in the history of the NHL, which broke records in more than one sense.
The Kaprizov agreement is for eight years, according to the reports, a record of $ 136 million, exceeding $ 124 million granted to Alex Ovechkin in his 13 -year pact signed in 2008.
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The striker Wild Wild of Minnesota Kirill Kaprizov (97) takes a goal shot against the Golden Knights of Las Vegas during the second period in game 6 of the first round of the Playoffs of the Stanley 2025 Cup in Xcel Energy Center. (Nick Wosika/Imagn images)
Its average annual value (AAV) reported $ 17 million is also the largest in history, exceeding the $ 14 million AAV of Leon Draisaitl.
Kaprizov won the Calder trophy, given to the best NHL rookie, with 27 goals and 24 assists in 55 games in the 2020-21 season cut by the pandemic and has been the most productive and dynamic player of nature since then. He received 99 from 100 votes first as the best rookie in the league, becoming the first wild player to win the award.
That September, signed a $ 45 million contract and responded by publishing maximums of 47 goals and 61 assists.
Minnesota Wild Left Wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) celebrates a goal when the New Jersey Devils Michael McLeod (20) Skw with During the first period of a NHL hockey game, on Thursday, December 2, 2021, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
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The following summer, his return to Russia led to a low stressful season for the entire organization, since Kaprizov ran into several obstacles in his attempt to travel back to the United States due to political relations between the two countries. The expiration of his work visa and his arrears related to pandemic in foreign consulates caused the paperwork process to be more complicated.
The injuries began to appear for Kaprizov, but still achieved 40 goals and 35 assists in 67 games in 2022-23 and 46 goals and 50 assists in 75 games in 2023-24. Last season it was the most frustrating, when an un specified injury from the lower body arose, it finally required surgery and finally cost him 40 games.
He still had 25 goals and 31 assists and returned to ice with a flowering just before the playoffs, when he had five goals and four assists in a defeat of six games in the first round against the Golden Knights of Las Vegas.
This season will be the sixth of the 28 -year -old at the NHL after being a fifth round selection and overcome all expectations.
Kirill Kaprizov #97 of Minnesota Wild looks at the Vancouver Canucks in the first period of the game at the Xcel Energy Center on March 24, 2022 in St Paul, Minnesota. (David Berding/Getty images)
But somewhere, Connor McDavid is smiling from ear to ear, since the three-time Hart Trophy winner will become a free agent at the end of the 2025-26 season.
