Michael Russo of The Athletic: The Minnesota Wild will have their work cut out this offseason trying to re-sign restricted free agents in Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Kevin Fiala. They do have plenty of salary cap space to work with – $22 million.
Contract negotiations haven’t been as smooth as they had hoped with Kaprizov. It’s believed that the Wild have made big seven/eight-year offers but he’s looking for short-term. Kaprizov is eligible to be a UFA in 2024.
There is the threat of Kaprizov going back to Russia.