Article by Adrian Duţă – published Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 23:19 / Updated Wednesday, October 1, 2025 23:37
Russian international Kirill Kaprizov has signed the largest contract in the history of the American Hockey League!
Minnesota and Kirill Kaprizov signed a contract worth $ 136 million, valid from next season until 2033-2034. Thus, the 28 -year -old athlete shot down his countryman's record, Alexander Ovechkin, who had signed with Washington a $ 124 million contract for 13 years.
Kaprizov signed the largest contract in NHL history
Kaprizov will earn $ 17 million a season, which is also a new record, because so far the best paid was Leon Draisaitl in Edmonton, with $ 14 million annually.
Exactly 20 days ago, Kaprizov refused to extend the contract with Minnesota. The management of the club then came with an offer that could not say “no”. The Russian Hocheist won in the 2020-2021 season for the best debut in the NHL, and so far he has played 319 matches in Minnesota T-shirt, scoring 185 goals and offering 201 decisive passes.
In fact, many claim that Kaprizov is the favorite athlete of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who also handed him a decoration a few years ago, writes Sportal.blic.rs.
