Article: Will Kaprizov's Injury History Turn His New Contract Into An Albatross?

[Patrick]

1 hour ago, raithis said:

So?

All indications are that they also wanted to be on the teams they are now on and that both have a chance to win.  Those teams also only had so much room under the cap to fit each player in, so if they wanted to be there, the concession seems to be signing for $12M. 

Plus, neither state those teams play in has a state income tax, so the end result is similar to signing for more elsewhere.

If you dismiss the contract of every player that is comparable to KK...you have a point! 😂😂😂

[raithis]

21 hours ago, Patrick said:

If you dismiss the contract of every player that is comparable to KK...you have a point! 😂😂😂

Not exactly, but if you dismiss the situations of each team those players and their individual preferences about what is more important to them, then of course you are coming to that conclusion.

You cannot say that an equivalent player signed for x amount to play for a team so the Wild should be able to sign them for that amount too. 

You also cannot say that a player signed for x amount to play for a team, so the Wild should have offered the player that amount and signed them.

That's not how that works. 

A lot of things are factors in a players decision to sign.  Maybe they want to stay with the same team, or maybe they don't.  Maybe they will take a lot less if it's a situation they want to be in.  You have to consider all these things. 

You have to also consider when some of those contracts were signed and what the cap situation was at that time.  Contracts are going to go up and up for players in the next few years.  Right now we are in a transition phase from a rather stagnant cap to a one that shifts upward consistently

[raithis]

Just now, raithis said:

Not exactly, but if you dismiss the situations of each team those players and their individual preferences about what is more important to them, then of course you are coming to that conclusion.

You cannot say that an equivalent player signed for x amount to play for a team so the Wild should be able to sign them for that amount too. 

You also cannot say that a player signed for x amount to play for a team, so the Wild should have offered the player that amount and signed them.

That's not how that works. 

A lot of things are factors in a players decision to sign.  Maybe they want to stay with the same team, or maybe they don't.  Maybe they will take a lot less if it's a situation they want to be in.  You have to consider all these things. 

You have to also consider when some of those contracts were signed and what the cap situation was at that time.  Contracts are going to go up and up for players in the next few years.  Right now we are in a transition phase from a rather stagnant cap to a one that shifts upward consistently

Hit the submit button prematurely...

.... consistently (so far as we know).  All the people you are pointing at signed there contracts in that stagnant era or this year when the cap just started to go up.  The conditions are different.  And like it or not, it means that Kaprizov's contract will be on of the first major contracts in this new era where contracts will start to really go up.

[Patrick]

On 8/8/2025 at 10:11 AM, raithis said:

Hit the submit button prematurely...

.... consistently (so far as we know).  All the people you are pointing at signed there contracts in that stagnant era or this year when the cap just started to go up.  The conditions are different.  And like it or not, it means that Kaprizov's contract will be on of the first major contracts in this new era where contracts will start to really go up.

Marner signed this year.  Rantanen signed this year.  Those guys are as close to perfect comparable for KK as you will get.