The Minnesota Wild have signed left wing Kirill Kaprizov to an NHL-record eight-year, $136 million contract extension through the 2033-34 season, general manager Bill Guerin announced Tuesday.

The deal is the highest in NHL history in terms of total money and average annual value ($17 million), breaking the marks previously held by Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin ($124 million) and Edmonton Oilers standout Leon Draisaitl ($14 million AAV).

"We never wanted to entertain Kirill not being here," Guerin said.

The contract, which will kick in next season, includes large signing bonuses over the first four years, sources told ESPN. He will play this season on the final year of a five-year, $45 million deal signed in 2021.

Ovechkin's deal was a 13-year pact signed in 2008,

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