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Bill Guerin denies Kirill Kaprizov’s rejected contract offer

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Sep 10, 2025 11:59 PM ET

Kirill Kaprizov is certainly one of the NHL’s best forwards, and there’s a lot of talk about his next contract as he nears the end of his final year at $9 million per season. Earlier today, it was reported that the Russian star was reportedly eyeing no less than $128 million on an eight-year contract, or $16 million per season. And just recently, Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin was interviewed by 10,000 Takes and the subject of this contract offer was discussed. According to Guerin, he has no idea where this information came from, adding that it didn’t come from either their camp or Kaprizov’s camp.

@10k_Takes

– NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) September 11, 2025

[content-ads]Seeing that Kaprizov would have turned down an offer of $16M per season for eight years, which would have made him the highest paid hockey player on the planet, it made no sense in my book.

Kaprizov, as I mentioned earlier, is an excellent player: he has the talent to score 100 points every season, but to be paid that much PLUS turn down that offer just doesn’t make sense. Guerin also added during the interview that the organization and Kaprizov, as well as his agent and Guerin, have a very good relationship:

“Kirill and the organization, his agent and I have a very good relationship. We’re working through things. We’re not gonna let things like this get in the way. I still think we’re in a really positive place with Kirill. Like I said, he’s just a great guy. Part of my role is to… –

NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) September 11, 2025

“We’re not going to let things like this get in the way (of negotiations). I still think we’re in a very positive place with Kirill.”

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Bill Guerin

It’s hard not to side with Guerin on this one, since not only is he in the best position to deny this rumor, but the rumor itself simply didn’t make sense. The Wild will do anything to retain the services of #97. He is the face of the club, after all. spacer title=’En rafale’] – At the 13-minute mark, there are some interesting (and encouraging) comments regarding Filip Mesar.

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– Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) September 10, 2025

– Interesting.

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– Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) September 11, 2025

– Totally agree.

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– Marc-André Pelletier (@MAPelletier86) September 11, 2025

– He’s starting his season strong.

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– Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) September 10, 2025