The only thing that is starting slower than most Minnesota Wild games, is the season of their star player.
Kirill Kaprizov certainly has some counting stats to back up his franchise record-setting contract signed this summer — the 24-year-old has earned five assists in the first five games — but there is just something not quite right with his game right now. Whether it’s holding on to the puck for too long, trying to make the low-percentage play, or just being seemingly trapped among the opposition’s biggest blueliners; Kaprizov has just not appeared to be the same star that earned the Calder Trophy last season.