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Report: Kaprizov close to signing 5-year deal

We’re less than a month until the preseason and we might just be getting the best news of the off-season.

Michael Russo appeared on KFAN 100.3 earlier Tuesday morning — in the middle of enjoying the Minnesota State Fair to be clear — and made it clear that the Minnesota Wild and Kirill Kaprizov’s camp has tentatively agreed on the length of his new contract, and he went so far to even state an estimate of the salary.

“It’s the weirdest update in the world,” Russo said. “They’re not close, but they’re very close.