The Minnesota Wild are trying to perform a balancing act. Between the lofty threat of a return to the KHL on Sept. 1 coming from Kirill Kaprizov’s side and the pending club-elected arbitration date coming in less than a week for Kevin Fiala, the team’s two heaviest loads this offseason are now going to come down to the wire within the next dozen or so days.
According to Michael Russo of The Athletic, the Wild and Fiala’s camp are continuing talks for a new contract despite the arbitration on August 17 coming up shortly.