The Minnesota Wild may have some cash to spend subsequent offseason, and an extension for Kiril Kaprizov can be a precedence
Michael Russo of The Athletic: The enormous chunk of useless cap area can be enormously diminished for the Minnesota Wild subsequent offseason. The Zach Parise, Ryan Suter cap hit goes from $14.7 million to $1.7 million. They’re already eyeing who might turn out to be obtainable subsequent July 1st.
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Wild proprietor Craig Leipold:
“However we all know who they’re, and we don’t know whether or not they’ll find yourself signing with their present groups or they turn out to be UFAs. However we’ve acquired a listing, and in the event that they’re obtainable, we’re going to go after them. And we really feel like we’re going to have the ability to get one or two actually good gamers so as to add on to this group.”
They’ll have a few of their very own free brokers to handle however they could possibly be taking a look at Minnesota native Brock Boeser or Brock Nelson if both turns into obtainable. Different massive named UFAs might embody Mitch Marner, Mikko Rantanen, and Carter Verhaeghe.
The Wild are additionally eligible to signal ahead Kiril Kaprizov on a contract extension subsequent July 1st, and it’s not going to return low-cost.
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“So what does he need? He desires to win.” Leipold stated. “So we’ve to show to not solely to him, however to different UFAs that we additionally need to win. And we’re used to successful. That is the State of Hockey, and we’re going to get again to the successful methods. We’re going to get a perennial playoff group, nevertheless it does begin with Kirill. He’s going to be the main target of what we’re going to do. We plan to re-sign him.
“I’ll let you know no one will supply extra money than us, or longer. So all we’ve to do is show to him that we need to win.”
A protracted-term extension might fall within the vary of $12 to $13 million.
