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Kirill Kaprizov has reset the market.
Minnesota Wild signed their superstar winger with the richest contract in the NHL history, which has broken records in more ways than one.
The Kaprizov agreement is eight years, which was worth a record of $ 136 million, exceeding $ 124 million granted to Alex Ovechkin in his 13 -year -old pact signed in 2008.
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Minnesota wild striker Kirill Kaprizov (97) shot the goal of the Golden Knights in Vegas during the second period of match 6 of the first round of the Stanley 2025 cutters at the Xcel Energy Center. (Nick Wosika / Imagn images)
Its annual average value of $ 17 million (AAV) is also the most, exceeding AAV of $ 14 million from Leon Draisaitl.
Kaprizov has won the Calder trophy, given to the best recruit of the NHL, with 27 goals and 24 assists in 55 games in the 2020-21 season at the pandemic and was the most productive and dynamic player of Wild since. He received 99 of the 100 votes in first place as a better recruit in the League, becoming the first wild player to win the award.
In September, he signed a $ 45 million contract and responded by posting career summits of 47 goals and 61 assists.
The Wild Left Steel of Minnesota, Kirill Kaprizov (97), celebrates a goal as a center of the New Jersey Devils Michael McLeod (20) patina during the first period of a NHL hockey match, Thursday, December 2, 2021 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (APTO Photo / Andy Clayton-King)
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The following summer, his return to Russia led to stressful offseason for the entire organization, while Kaprizov met several roadblocks in his attempt to return to the United States due to political relations between the two countries. The expiration of his work visa and his arrears linked to the pandemic of foreign consulates made the process of paperwork more complicated.
The injuries began to appear for Kaprizov, but he still managed 40 goals and 35 assists in 67 games in 2022-2023 and 46 goals and 50 assists in 75 games in 2023-24. Last season was his most frustrating, when an injury less than an unpertified body was born, ultimately requiring surgery and finally cost him 40 games.
He still had 25 goals and 31 assists and returned to the ice with a flowery just before the playoffs, when he scored five goals and four assists in six games in the first round at the Vegas Golden Knights.
This season will be the sixth of 28 years in the NHL after being a fifth round choice and exceeded all expectations.
Kirill Kaprizov # 97 of Minnesota Wild launched against Vancouver’s Canucks in the first period of the match at the Xcel Energy Center on March 24, 2022 in St Paul, Minnesota. (Images David Berding / Getty)
But somewhere, Connor McDavid smiles with an ear to the other, because the triple winner of the Hart trophy should become a free agent at the end of the 2025-26 season.
