Kirill Kaprizov is off to a implausible start for the Minnesota Wild. He has 21 points in 11 games, including 4 three-point games, and had a streak of seven multi-games and 18 primary points for the Wild. Talk in regards to the definition of being an MVP.
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As NHLRumors.com has documented, the Minnesota Wild pays him whatever he wants to maintain him. But what if he did hit the open market? What then?
Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period was on TSN Radio in Montreal, and a conversation got here up in regards to the way forward for Kirill Kaprizov in Minnesota, whether he could hit the open market, and whether it will make sense for Montreal to go after him.
NHLRumors.com Transcriptions
Host: “Now, tomorrow (Tuesday), Dave will see the Calgary Flames on the Bell Center, after which the Canadiens exit on the road again, they usually’ll be in Minnesota on Thursday. What do you think that the longer term holds for Kirill Kaprizov?”
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Dave Pagnotta: “A pair dozen Brinks trucks arriving at his place.”
Host: “Can I let you know my dream scenario?”
Pagnotta: “Yeah.”
Host: “Cuz he’s gonna be an unrestricted free agent, right?”
Pagnotta: “In a few summers.”
Host: “They made it known in Minnesota, they said, principally, we have now the flexibility to make him extra money than another team, right? And so they do have that luxury with the additional 12 months on the contract. But what about if I paint you a dream scenario?
You bought Demidov coming in, a Russian player, no other Russians in Montreal, and we all know what Gordon was in a position to do in Latest York, the various situation in Latest York, but they brought in Panarin. Can Kaprizov be Gordon’s Montreal’s Panarin?”
Pagnotta: “That’s that’s a difficult one. Only because, only because we know the way much Craig Leopold, the owner of the Wild, goes to throw at him. Like he keeps it up. Now, I’m not anticipating him too. He’s at a, what, two points a game clip. That’s probably going to drop slightly. He’s probably not going to achieve 170 points.
I don’t know. I might take the under, yeah, personally. But he’s definitely on pace to eclipse the 100, 110, and 120 range. The way in which that he’s rolling, I can actually see it. And at age 27 he’s principally in that, in that prime window.
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I mean, if he hits the open market, to me, if he doesn’t sign an extension next summer, then he’s a chief goal for other teams after that, when it comes to targeting, if I’m Montreal, absolutely I’m going after that guy. I don’t think he’ll get there.
But similar to this summer, this couple or this, this coming off-season, you’ve got two guys at once in Mikko Rantanen and Mitch Marner which can be barring an in-season extension or something in June that they’re going to hit the market, that loads of teams are zoning in on us, are circling as primo targets.
It’s going to be the identical situation with Kaprizov. And if he keeps up playing that way, he’ll make greater than each of those guys on an annual basis.”
Does this dream scenario occur? No, it probably doesn’t. But would it not shock you if Kiril Kaprizov is paid like a top-five player within the league? Absolutely not.
