ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kirill Kaprizov brought a refreshed body and mind to the rink for the first day of training camp with the Minnesota Wild , and his easy, boyish smile was not far behind.

All that was missing was a new contract.

After an intense practice and an intrasquad scrimmage at the team's training facility on Thursday, Kaprizov met with reporters for the first time since the Wild were eliminated from the playoffs more than four months ago and tried to assure everyone in the room and around Minnesota he's not looking to leave. He called the Twin Cities area his "second home," behind his native Russia.

"I like Minny, and everyone knows this. We have a lot of time. It's just 2025, and it's one more year I have," Kaprizov said. "I just want to play hockey and focus and win some

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