The Thrill is alive and well in the Twin Cities.
The Minnesota Wild re-signed left winger Kirill Kaprizov to a five-year, $45 million deal, ending a stalemate with the reigning Calder Trophy winner as the NHL's rookie of the year. Both the Wild and the winger celebrated the deal on social media Tuesday.
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Kaprizov had been flirting with a return to Russia's KHL as contract talks reached a stalemate over the past few months, but that was all resolved Tuesday with a massive contract handed down by an NHL club that's only seen him play 55 games total.