Kaprizov wants to play in the NHL next season, Wild General Manager Bill Guerin told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

EDGE Analysis

Kaprizov, a 2015 fifth-round draft pick, has 13 goals and 25 points in 25 games this season for CSKA Moscow. His Kontinental Hockey League contract expires in April 2020, so this would be confirmation of the original plan for him to move to the NHL after the 2019-20 season.

Minnesota will not try to bring Kaprizov to the NHL until his Kontinental Hockey League contract expires in April 2020, Wild general manager Paul Fenton told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "We're going to see more of a finished product, and he'll probably be able to handle the rigors of the NHL a lot better then," Felton said.

EDGE Analysis

Kaprizov, a 2015 fifth-round draft pick, has 10 goals and seven assists in 24 games for CSKA Moscow. There was some thought the Wild may try to bring him over earlier than 2020, but he'll remain a top prospect for the organization.

Kaprizov has scored 15 goals with 36 points in 38 games for CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League. Wild GM Chuck Fletcher recently was in Russie to watch Kaprizov and still believes he and Andrei Svetlakov will be a part of the Wild's future, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. "He has tremendous hockey sense and makes plays, has a very quick release on his shot and he always works hard. He's very competitive," Fletcher said about Kaprizov.

EDGE Analysis

Kaprizov, a fifth-round pick of Minnesota in 2015, scored 42 points last year in the KHL, so he's having another strong season. He signed a three-year deal with CSKA Moscow before the 2017-18 season, so he won't be in the NHL until 2020-21 at the earliest.