Posts About "Kirill Kaprizov"
Wild's Top Prospects Entering the 2019-20 Season
August 15th, 2019 The Minnesota Wild are desperate for talent, especially at forward. Zach Parise, Eric Staal, and Mikko Koivu (the team's veteran forward core) are way past their prime. All that is left of Chuck Fletcher's "young core" is Jason Zucker, and the team's new crop of young forwards is unproven — none of them look likely to develop into the...
Kirill Kaprizov: The Olympics, CSKA and the Wild
May 5th, 2018 Less than a year ago, Kirill Kaprizov caused some shockwaves when he said that the Minnesota Wild weren't too interested in him. The young forward had a good season in the meanwhile, not only in the KHL, but also winning a gold medal at the Olympics, scoring the overtime game-winner against Team Germany. He will also represent Russia at...
The Bruin That Got Away: Kirill Kaprizov
March 16th, 2018 When people talk about the 2015 NHL Draft, the obvious narrative that stands out surrounding the Boston Bruins is the fact that they had three consecutive picks in the first round, none of which were used to select Mathew Barzal. It's a fair point, even if it has been talked about ad nauseam for almost three years. While the...
Olympics Athletes From Russia Win Gold Medal
February 25th, 2018 It was expected that the Russians would have won it all, but what wasn't planned was that it would have taken overtime to skate past a very aggressive and excellently-coached Team Germany. Nikita Gusev and Kirill Kaprizov have been incredible for OAR, with the first feeding the second for the power play, game-winning goal. With this win,...
Team Russia Men’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
February 12th, 2018 Russia has recently published its list of 25 players for the PyeongChang Winter Games. Head coach Oleg Znarok and the Russian Ice Hockey Federation started their plan well ahead of the Olympics, amassing most of the candidates for the tournament from two teams, SKA St. Petersburg, coached by Znarok and CSKA Moscow. As a result, the...
KHL Announces 2018 All-Star Game Rosters
December 12th, 2017 The KHL has recently announced the 2018 All-Star Game rosters through the event’s official website. The event will be similar to last year's edition, with the main event being a mini-tournament played between four teams composed of the four KHL divisions and a number of other events that will be spread all over the so-called "Week of...
Kirill Kaprizov Wants to Play in the NHL
November 25th, 2017 This summer, one of the most chatted-about prospects in the KHL, Kirill Kaprizov, moved to CSKA Moscow and then signed a contract up to April 2020. In this translated interview, Kaprizov declared that he still wants to play in the NHL and talked about life in the big city of Moscow in contrast with his native village near...
The NHL's Top 15 Forward Prospects
September 6th, 2017 While it's often stated that defence wins championships, you can't win anything without scoring at least one goal. And who provides that necessary offence? It's the rare group of elite playmakers and snipers that make the league as exciting as it is. With goals being the most exciting part of the great game of hockey, it's only...
THW's List of Prospects in the KHL in 2017-18 season
August 20th, 2017 In the 2017-18 season, a total of 42 prospects will skate in the KHL (or in their affiliate teams in the VHL or MHL). This number is up from last year's 38. A few Russian prospects made the jump overseas this summer, like Mikhail Vorobiev or Maxim Mamin, but others will join either via draft or movement from different leagues. Good...
Minnesota Wild Top 4 Prospects 2017
July 13th, 2017 The Minnesota Wild take pride in their small but very talented pool of prospects. They have a handful of skilled players who are either close to, or ready to make that jump into a full-time role in the NHL. With the recent departures of Marco Scandella, Alex Tuch and Erik Haula, there are some holes in the Wild lineup that need...
5 KHL Prospects Poised for Breakout Season
March 31st, 2017 Lately, every season the KHL sends a good number of players to the NHL. Some become stars, like Artemi Panarin or Alexander Radulov, others are less successful, like Sergei Plotnikov. But it's not just about free agents, although the Toronto Maple Leafs recently announced the signing of Finnish forward Miro Aaltonen from Vityaz Chekhov....
Minnesota Wild Prospect Update
March 29th, 2017 Let's jump back five years in Minnesota Wild history. I'm talking before the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter days when Dany Heatley and Kyle Brodziak were among the team's best scoring threats. Names like Granlund, Zucker, Coyle, Niederreiter and Brodin were either just drafted or playing on other rosters and could not mature fast enough for...
Talking With Kirill Kaprizov's First Coach
March 11th, 2017 To become a great player, talent is not enough most of the time. You also need a good coach to achieve that. In this translated article, originally appearing on the official KHL website, Kirill Kaprizov's first coach, Andrei Luchansky, recalls when a young Kirill decided to move from the country to the city to pursue a sports career. He...
