Article: What If the Kirill Kaprizov News Is All About the Money?

[Justin Hein]

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[Imyourhuckleberry]

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player agents’ first concern should be taking care of their clients’ finances, not helping them secure a Stanley Cup.

That kind of depends on the player's primary concerns, in my mind. The agent doesn't make extra money from a Stanley Cup, but the agent certainly does make more money from a larger contract, so maximizing value in the contract is the agent's primary concern, unless instructed otherwise.

It's not like Kaprizov will be struggling to get by regardless of the contract numbers considering he likely already has over $25M in the bank. I'm not suggesting that the agent is acting outside of Kaprizov's best interest, but if the most important thing to Kaprizov is getting his name on a Stanley Cup, driving the contract towards $19M is not optimizing the chances of that happening with the Wild or any other organization.

Kaprizov might need to be better than Draisaitl(52 goals, 54 assists) and Dylan Holloway(26 goals, 37 assists) combined if up at $18M.

Florida has benefitted from manipulating the LTIR rules, but they also don't have a player exceeding a $10M AAV, with at least 3 guys capable of delivering a point per game. Hard to build a full roster that can compete with that if you invest $18M into 1.

Also a good thing the Wild have cap space in case they need it to facilitate a trade that returns 2 excellent players.

[Scalptrash]

If they were sitting in a room together negotiating, wouldn't Kaprizov or his agent reveal what he really wants if the eight year contract was truly rejected? We don't have all of the information. Was he he insulted and stormed out of the room? Did he say, let me think about it? Did he ask for more time because he's not sure yet?

It seems odd to me that they meet to negotiate, a record contract was offered, and then the meeting ends. Where is is the negotiation? I have a feeling that Kaprizov (or his agent) revealed what he wants and Wild management/ownership is considering the offer. They aren't going to negotiate through the media. Like this article speculates, maybe he wants to see what the Wild have cooking before committing. The onus is on the Wild to sell him the future of this team, in the near term. Just saying we are in year three of a five year plan means nothing, especially considering the recent moves made or lack thereof. Kaprizov is being smart and I don't blame him one bit.

[Pewterschmidt]

4 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

The onus is on the Wild to sell him the future of this team, in the near term.

I hope you're right and there's still a chance.  I'm not optomistic b/c if the issue is term, bill immediately says 3XYour choice Kirill and it's done.  Clearly that hasn't happened so I think the list of teams route is more likely now.  if that's the case dumb fuck bill should be drumming up as many bidders as is possible to extract the most value from our superstar.

[Dean]

I’m not thinking this is about money or term. Unless kappy is really going for 20% of the cap salary. I don’t think so. If it was money or term it would be done. I’m starting to think this is about kappy walking into free agency. He probably feels like he owes the wild nothing. They mishandled him when drafted , took years to get him here . Once here they wasted 6 of his prime years with no money and a collection of misfits to surround him. After years of carrying Fred, Jo Jo , Nyquist , Merrill etc. , he owes the wild nothing. They used him to sell tickets and  had no plan on building something around him. Now when it’s time to re up the wild are saying krill just  wait for the kids to develop another 5 years and the. We will contend.  Ridiculous! 
   It’s hard not to think another gm with a different game plan would have done better.  One with a draft specialist that knew what he was actually drafting for. , a wizard accountant to make money work, a trade specialist with big balls to pull off big deals , or a hockey mind that could look towards future with a plan  Billy’s hurry up and wait for his undersized draft fallers to not develop while his superstar wastes away  doesn’t work. 

[Burnt Toast]

38 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

It seems odd to me that they meet to negotiate, a record contract was offered, and then the meeting ends. Where is is the negotiation?

It’s taking place all over the NHL. Every agent, management team, players. Fan bases are clamoring over a shot to grab KK. I don’t know what exactly is happening because there’s so much insider information it becomes impossible. The NHL is experiencing a dynamic financial explosion, suddenly Agent and Wild management are at the center. 

[Lovehockey]

I don’t think Kaprizov wants to be in Minnesota Wild. I already mentioned this before as a concern and looks like it very well could happen. I don’t think it is either money or length of contract. And if this is true trade him to New York for Lafreniere and Gavrikov and 1 rounder. We can add Spurgeon , Wild can easily be without him. But before doing any of these please fire BG 😀

[Burnt Toast]

15 minutes ago, Dean said:

trade specialist

It’s still a possibility that KK extends. If so I think Wild Management goes hard after the best player available. They have positioned themselves financially to do so. It’s a sad reality that KK played years on a team with fallout from two really bad contracts. Those contracts are gone (mostly). How many NHL teams are set up with 5 ELC players (1st rounders) hitting this year? Top 20 talent players on offense and defense, not to mention a top 10 goalie? Unless KK can find a home playing for the Florida Panthers I think MN is a realistic option for success.