The Minnesota Wild could have some cash to spend subsequent offseason, and an extension for Kiril Kaprizov can be a precedence
Michael Russo of The Athletic: The large chunk of lifeless cap house can be drastically 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 develop into accessible 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 develop into UFAs. However we’ve bought a listing, and in the event that they’re accessible, 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 workforce.”
They’ll have a few of their very own free brokers to care for however they might be taking a look at Minnesota native Brock Boeser or Brock Nelson if both turns into accessible. Different large 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 needs to win.” Leipold mentioned. “So we have now to show to not solely to him, however to different UFAs that we additionally wish 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 workforce, but it surely does begin with Kirill. He’s going to be the main focus of what we’re going to do. We plan to re-sign him.
“I’ll let you know no person will provide extra money than us, or longer. So all we have now to do is show to him that we wish to win.”
A protracted-term extension might fall within the vary of $12 to $13 million.
