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Kaprizov gives Calder acceptance speech, but is actually fishing in Siberia

Kirill Kaprizov is a unique player on the ice and a special character off of it.

The Minnesota Wild phenom earned himself the first Calder Trophy in franchise history on Tuesday night, but the 24-year-old was unavailable to comment on his award in real-time, because he is currently on a fishing trip in Siberia without any phone service or internet access.

Kaprizov is from that area of the world anyway, but just the fact that he is totally disconnected from the world, not even sure if he won the trophy (maybe he’s found out by now) and just hanging with his Russian buds catching some fish.