Article: Kirill Kaprizov's Contract Delay Might Be A Good Thing

[Chris Schad]

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[Imyourhuckleberry]

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Minnesota is also dealing with its usual injury issues. Jonas Brodin will miss the start of the season with a lower-body injury, and nobody seems to know when he’ll return.

Is this a 2nd surgeon conspiracy?

All reports I've seen(including the linked story) indicate an upper body injury surgery in June that will have Brodin missing the early portion of the season.

[mnfaninnc]

Why all the concern about the delay? It's pretty obvious that OCL wants to be there for the signing and wants it to be a public PR opportunity. He believes the deal is pretty much done, but Kaprizov still remains overseas. 

When he comes back, things will get done. Jeez, anxiety runs rampant sometimes.

[Willy the poor boy]

6 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said:

Why all the concern about the delay? It's pretty obvious that OCL wants to be there for the signing and wants it to be a public PR opportunity. He believes the deal is pretty much done, but Kaprizov still remains overseas. 

When he comes back, things will get done. Jeez, anxiety runs rampant sometimes.

Grok says he's been back for a couple days now.

[WildNotMild]

Report is out that he turned down 16M x 8.  I am guessing he wants a 4 year or shorter deal with a full NMC.

[MNCountryLife]

95.5M Cap divided by 22 rostered players is $4.34M average per player.  At $15M/AAV it means Kirill is being valued at 3.456 players.  Is Kirill worth 3.5 players.  I'm a YES on that.  But it does pose an interesting question:  Will the Wild have enough left over to backfill a roster that can win in the playoffs.  The higher the salary of Kirill the more difficult that backfill will be.  BG appears to be building a top heavy roster.  Which is fine.  Edmonton is doing that.  But it does mean that the top line MUST produce at a very high level.  Boldy will need to step up and be a top 10 winger in the league.  Ek is a great C but his skill level has topped out.  We will need at least one other player to produce above their pay grade or snag someone at the TDL to put us over the top.  

And a healthy top line.

[Sam]

6 minutes ago, MNCountryLife said:

And a healthy top line.

That would sure be nice..

[Scalptrash]

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The Wild dismissed the free agent wing market and chose to buy low on Vladimir Tarasenko.

I wouldn't consider $4.75M for a 30 point downslope player buying low. The best option this summer was Peterka. Billy should have done whatever it took. Kaprizov might be more inclined to stay, if that happened.

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[mnfaninnc]

7 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

I wouldn't consider $4.75M for a 30 point downslope player buying low. The best option this summer was Peterka. Billy should have done whatever it took. Kaprizov might be more inclined to stay, if that happened.

You're a lot higher on Peterka than I was. The identity of this team is a 200' game with defenders who can do it and forwards that can do it. Peterka did not fit that mold. If you look at the recent draft picks, most of the forwards do fit that mold. 

If you're going to go after a player, I would suggest the best 200' players we can find. I think a guy like Kopitar would thrive here (as if he didn't in LA). For me, that would be the direction I would try to go, a star who plays an all round game. I wouldn't be just chasing point producers.

At the end of the season, if you've got 4 lines in the +, you should be doing very, very well.

[Scalptrash]

59 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said:

You're a lot higher on Peterka than I was. The identity of this team is a 200' game with defenders who can do it and forwards that can do it. Peterka did not fit that mold. If you look at the recent draft picks, most of the forwards do fit that mold. 

If you're going to go after a player, I would suggest the best 200' players we can find. I think a guy like Kopitar would thrive here (as if he didn't in LA). For me, that would be the direction I would try to go, a star who plays an all round game. I wouldn't be just chasing point producers.

At the end of the season, if you've got 4 lines in the +, you should be doing very, very well.

Peterka was the only semi gettable player and the best one at that. If all the cupboards were open, then sure, someone better, but they weren't.

[FredJohnson]

Leipold is getting out in front of the anxiety by saying that no team will outbid the Wild for Kaprizov’s services. He recently doubled down by declaring that Kaprizov’s contract is likely to be the biggest in franchise history.

 

But another team can offer (more) success. Better get yer $hit together Billy! Stop (re)signing terdz!

[1Brotherbill]

Imagine how the summer would have been and the feeling toward this team if Kaprizov signed on July 1st.  The entire summer would have been less stressful on all aspects.  Potential free agents would have said you know what Minnesota might be a good spot to raise my kids.  

Instead we have this dark cloud that is forming on the horizon.  Maybe it will be a tornado maybe it will be sunny skies.  We don't know, but right now get the kids in the basement it might go sideways in a hurry. 

[raithis]

4 hours ago, Scalptrash said:

Peterka was the only semi gettable player and the best one at that. If all the cupboards were open, then sure, someone better, but they weren't.

Buffalo also turned down better offers than what they eventually got from Utah.  Their wants were particular and getting value for the trade did not matter as much to them.

They got younger right-handed shot players (a winger and a defenseman) with size and NHL experience that were on expiring contracts and won't cost a ton to re-sign.  Given that there were better offers than that, Buffalo must have been looking for players that ticked these specific boxes.

Did the Wild have those types of players?

Jiricek might have been interesting to them a little, but it would have been stupid to trade him given how much the Wild invested in getting him.  That, and he wouldn't have been as NHL-ready as Kesselring is so they still might not have been interested anyway.

The Wild just didn't have the players to offer.  They would have likely had to do quite the overpay since Buffalo was turning down better offers than what they got.