Rising cap changes position Kaprizov, the Wild, and others

TSN: Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold is confident that GM Bill Guerin can get a deal done with Kirill Kaprizov. The rising salary cap is complicating things.

“That’s a lot of new money in the system that, frankly, a year or two ago we certainly had no idea was going to be available,” Leipold said. ”So, it does change things, but we have to change with it.”

Could Anze Kopitar’s two-year deal be a blueprint for Artemi Panarin?

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on his 32 Thoughts podcast was talking about New York Rangers pending UFA forward Artemi Panarin, and he wonders if Anze Kopitar’s two-year extension with the LA Kings for $7 million a season that he signed just before his 36th birthday, could be a blueprint for Panarin’s nex

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