It seems like the Wild really screwed the proverbial pooch on the Kirill Kaprizov situation. It was announced last week that Kaprizov, Minnesota’s blue chip prospect, signed a three-year contract extension to remain with CSKA Moscow of the KHL. Like a true Wild fan, I went into full-fledged denial mode, writing on Friday morning that I wouldn’t fully believe the signing until I read direct quotes from Kaprizov confirming that he had extended his contract and was intending to remain in Russia for the foreseeable future.
Well, lo and behold, later that day, a report from Russian sports writer Pavel Lysenkov at sovsport.