Kirill Kaprizov signed the largest deal in NHL history.
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Minnesota Wild got as if it was attached to a superstar Kirill Kaprizov28, an eight -year extension agreement that brings $ 17 million to the Russian per season.
Sports publication The Athletic Telitized new, even Finnish, interesting information on contract negotiations.
Initially, the Minnesota club had offered cardboard to Kaprizov, which guarantees $ 16 million.
However, this Kaprizov was rejected even though Wild’s GM Bill Guerin He claimed that the club would not have submitted an official contract offer that the star would have rejected.
The Athletic’s Wildia near the next Michael Russon According to the club, the club would have used the Finnish star Alexander Barkov Injury to benefit at the negotiating table.
According to Russon, Wild would have hinted at Kaprizov that it was worthwhile to make a contract quickly in case he would be seriously injured.
If Kaprizov had started the season without an extension agreement and had been severely injured like Barkov, this would hardly have received as much a major agreement as it is now.
Kaprizov will play with his old contract for the season starting next week. He earns $ 9 million per season under his current contract.
The new Russian tag is eight years and worth $ 136 million. This is the largest agreement in NHL history, both in total and in the middle season.
Kaprizov played only 41 matches last season. However, they created a plush 56 power points. The Russian star has only broken a hundred points in his career once, in 2021-22 (47+61).