The Minnesota Wild lastly managed to get their greatest participant — ahead Kirill Kaprizov — signed to a brand new long-term contract extension on Tuesday, signing him to a max-term eight-year contract value $136M. That comes out to a wage cap variety of $17M per season, making him the highest-paid participant in NHL historical past.
Kaprizov is among the league’s greatest gamers, and likewise among the best gamers in Wild franchise historical past. He is an MVP-level scorer and one of the vital impactful gamers on the earth. It is comprehensible that the Wild would wish to pay no matter it takes to maintain him, and with the wage cap quickly rising each this season and in future seasons it is not a shock that he cashed in.
However his title because the NHL’s highest-paid participant is more likely to be short-lived.
Larger NHL contracts are coming, and shortly
Previous to Kaprizov’s deal on Tuesday, the biggest wage cap quantity/annual wage within the NHL was Edmonton Oilers celebrity Leon Draisaitl at $14M per season.
Kaprizov’s clearly blows previous that, even when considering the wage cap improve.
