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Wild are barreling toward a nightmare scenario after latest Kirill Kaprizov update

Contract negotiations between the Minnesota Wild and superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov were seemingly on the right path recently. The owner seemed to think things were getting close to a resolution while general manager Bill Guerin didn’t seem to worried about not having an extension for his best player even as training camp draws near. However, a report from a long-time hockey reporter indicates that things aren’t as copacetic as fans might hope for.

Sources say #mnwild superstar Kirill Kaprizov’s camp turned down an extension offer believed to be 8-years, $128 million in a meeting on Tuesday in Minnesota that would have made him the highest-paid player in #NHL history in both AAV ($16 million) and total dollars.