As great as it would be, the chances are almost zero for the Buffalo Sabres to complete a trade for Kirill Kaprizov for one reason.
The big news around the NHL this week was the reported contract offer the Minnesota Wild made to forward Kirill Kaprizov. It would have made him the highest-paid player in the league, according to Frank Seravalli, but the bigger element of the report was that Kaprizov rejected the offer.