Wild may make Kirill Kaprizov’s best -paid player in the NHL.
Minnesota Wild’s carefully following NHL journalist Michael Russo told In the Worst Seats podcast Wild’s plans for a star player Kirill Kaprizov regarding.
“I believe they are ready to provide him with an eight -year contract at an annual salary of about $ 16 million,” Russo said.
Last season the NHL’s hardest -paying player was Auston Matthewswhose annual salary hawk $ 13.25 million in a slice of pay cap.
It would also be the most expensive agreement in the history of the NHL, as the annual salary of $ 16 million would bring as much as $ 128 million in eight years.
The previous record holds in possession Alexandr Ovetshkin. The NHL’s all -time goalkeeper once turned a 13 -year contract with a total value of $ 124 million, an average of $ 9.5 million per season.
Kaprizov, 28, suffered injuries last season but still scored a whopping 56 (25+31) points in 41 regular season games. In addition, six playoffs were 5+4 = 9 in the playoffs. In his best NHL season, the winger has scored 108 (47+61) points in 81 regular season games.
Kaprizov currently earns nine million bucks per season. The man’s contract expires next summer.