The Minnesota Wild signed star forward Kirill Kaprizov to an NHL-record eight-year, $136 million contract extension on Tuesday.

The deal, which begins in the 2026-27 season, carries a $17 million annual cap hit for the Wild and comes on the heels of Kaprizov reportedly rejecting an eight-year, $128 million extension earlier this month.

"We're extremely excited about this. Good things take time," general manager Bill Guerin said Tuesday. "You guys can stop asking the most obvious question in the world. We never wanted to even entertain Kirill not being here. Everyone in this organization has worked to get to where we are today. Kirill has been a big part of this thing growing. It going the other way would have been ... devastating. I know all of his teammates are very excited. Everybody k

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