Kirill Kaprizov ALREADY holds many Minnesota Wild records

[Sky04]

Kaprizov is a way better player than Gaborik, its not even remotely close IMO.

Inflated scoring has made people delusional.

Bernie Nicholls was a far better player than Kaprisov, not even close.

 

[Nsjohnson]

Gaborik was likely the better player, but was often injured or had a misdiagnosed injury.

What helps Kaprizov is that he is playing in the highest scoring seasons in the history of the Minnesota Wild

No. He was very good, don't get me wrong. Very good. One of the best shots in the game for years was Gabby.

But Kap is more dynamic and a better skater and stick handler, albeit Gabby would beat him 1v1 straight speed.

 

[State of Hockey]

What an indictment for how bad our franchise has been in developing, retaining, or acquiring top-end offensive talent. Kaprizov is a great talent, but he shouldn't be where he is on the all-time charts.

Gaborik was likely the better player, but was often injured or had a misdiagnosed injury.

Gaborik being made of glass is the only reason I have Kaprizov ahead of him. Without the injury disparity I give a very small edge to Gabby. Better pure goal scorer, better at generating offense without skilled linemates, and an underrated defender. How short some Wild fan's memories are.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Gaborik's best season in Minnesota was 20 points up on 2nd place and .28 ahead on point-per-game basis.

Kaprizov's best season (so far) was 23 points on 2nd place and .2 ahead on point-per-game basis (though obviously influenced by Kaprizov since it was Zuccarello).

Agree that Gaborik has become pretty underrated.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Can’t say prettiest fat girl or tallest midget anymore, hmmm…shortest giant?

 

[joestevens29]

No one, settle down.

Just saying it's funny when a team has lower franchise numbers than you'd expect, so the ladder is climbed quicker.

Just go to the exit

 

[sxvnert]

Wild have one more year to ensure that massive dead cap hit. Then all hell breaks loose.

Can’t say prettiest fat girl or tallest midget anymore, hmmm…shortest giant?

Shortest vertically challenged person.

 

[DamonDRW]

Matthews on a similar trajectory, only difference being the Leafs as a franchise are about 5x older than Minny.

Cool for Kap though, dude's been electric ever since he broke into the league.

Matthews has that magical ability to make to any thread about any player...

 

[roon]

Wild have one more year to ensure that massive dead cap hit. Then all hell breaks loose.


Shortest vertically challenged person.

The list of potential free agents in 2025/2026 season looks pretty legit. 14 million extra could do some damage. Get some people to pad Kap's stats some more.

Gaborik was over-rated by the way. Guy had speed....thats about it.

 

[Kshahdoo]

The list of potential free agents in 2025/2026 season looks pretty legit. 14 million extra could do some damage. Get some people to pad Kap's stats some more.

Gaborik was over-rated by the way. Guy had speed....thats about it.

Speed and shot. Not that bad, but Kaprizov has more.

 

[MK9]

You shouldn't throw stones when you're living in a house of glass as a Senators fan.

I mean, he could maybe edit and extend his post by 2, possibly 3 very short stat lines by listing all the league wide accomplishments by his team.

 

[Treb]

So... A lot of nothing?

Per game/per season is meaningless. People care absolute franchise records such as most goals, assists, etc.

He's a superstar player, but let's not act like he's some otherworldly talent that is transcending normal hockey.

I wouldn't consider a season record meaningless (per game kinda is though I agree).

People make big deals of 40/50/60 goal seasons and 90/100+ points seasons all the time.

In Habs land, we're all watching if Suzuki will give us our first 80+ point season since 2008.

Of course, the all-time record is even more important.

 

[HolyHagelin]

Who the f*** asked about Toronto? People like you ruin this board.

Dude, Toronto fans ruin everything. It’s their schtick.

 

[kfan22]

It says a lot about the history of the Wild.

Well, they do have more playoff appearances than Ottawa since joining the league in 2000, so there is that.

 

[NyQuil]

Well, they do have more playoff appearances than Ottawa since joining the league in 2000, so there is that.

That isn't what the thread is about, unfortunately.

But 4 series wins in 13 appearances vs. 10 series wins in 11 appearances?

I'm impressed.

 

[bleedgreen]

With his only 4th season as a Wild player he holds the following franchise records:

Goals per game
Assists per game
Points per game
Goals created per game
Most goals in a season
Most assists in a season
Most points in a season
Most PP goals in a season

Also, with only 271 games played, he’s already:

4th in goals
8th in points
10th in shots
2nd in hat tricks


I mean he already qualifies to be considered for a jersey retirement

All of his per game “records” don’t seem like actual records. If he drops off he loses all of them….which makes them sort of not records. All of the per season ones he could get in one good season so the thread title and op seem a bit misleading with your use of “ALREADY” as if it’s a cumulative thing he’s achieved so much faster than all other Wild player.

The four actual records he isn’t leading the team in seem the pertinent ones you’d be able to use the exaggerated ALREADY for. As well as the jersey retirement.

 

[57special]

Gaborik was likely the better player, but was often injured or had a misdiagnosed injury.

What helps Kaprizov is that he is playing in the highest scoring seasons in the history of the Minnesota Wild

As a guy who watched plenty of both, i would say that Kaprizov is the better player, though they are different. Gaborik was a straight line, speedy scorer, Kaprizov is not as fast, but has crazy good edges, and is dangerous as a scorer or a passer.

 

[NyQuil]

I mean, he could maybe edit and extend his post by 2, possibly 3 very short stat lines by listing all the league wide accomplishments by his team.

I don't know why Wild fans are so sensitive.

They've made the playoffs a fair amount considering they haven't had a HHoF type talent in their line-up for most of their existence.

Is it surprising that Kaprisov is already shooting for franchise records on a team that traditionally has not had a lot of offence?

Mikko Koivu is their top franchise scorer with 709 points. #2 (Gaborik) had 437 points with the team.

 

[NVious]

How many takeaways does he average in the last 5 minutes against the Columbus Blue Jackets though? If he held that record it would truly be #Historic

 

[Channelcat]

Wouldn't surprise me to see him put up 60 one day. Not bad for a 5th round pick

 

[ijuka]

Team started in dead puck era and this is the highest the scoring rate has been since then so the current era's best player of the team is quite expected to be holding many of the team's records.

 

[Wasted Talent]

I don't know why Wild fans are so sensitive.

They've made the playoffs a fair amount considering they haven't had a HHoF type talent in their line-up for most of their existence.

Is it surprising that Kaprisov is already shooting for franchise records on a team that traditionally has not had a lot of offence?

Mikko Koivu is their top franchise scorer with 709 points. #2 (Gaborik) had 437 points with the team.

My only issue with the statement is that the same thing could be said about the other expansion teams from the same time. Probably more telling about how unfavorable expansion drafts used to be, and less about Minnesota Wild in particular.

320 points would be good for a top 10 spot for almost every expansion team since 1990.

Koivu's 709 would be the top scorer for Nashville and Columbus. It would also be 2nd highest for teams like Ottawa and New Jersey.

 

[Coffey]

It says a lot about the history of the Wild.

I’m glad this was the first post lol

 

[King'sPawn]

Putting up nice numbers, but using per game/season for someone who has played only 4 seasons (all of which are generally considered prime years) is not a good metric when comparing to other players in the history.

 

[NyQuil]

My only issue with the statement is that the same thing could be said about the other expansion teams from the same time. Probably more telling about how unfavorable expansion drafts used to be, and less about Minnesota Wild in particular.

320 points would be good for a top 10 spot for almost every expansion team since 1990.

Koivu's 709 would be the top scorer for Nashville and Columbus. It would also be 2nd highest for teams like Ottawa and New Jersey.

Here's what I also said in this very thread, but no one appears to have noticed:

You will see a bunch of teams who were expansion teams during less offensive eras see franchise records fall if scoring continues the way it has over the past few seasons.

Kirill Kaprizov ALREADY holds many Minnesota Wild records

With his only 4th season as a Wild player he holds the following franchise records: Goals per game Assists per game Points per game Goals created per game Most goals in a season Most assists in a season Most points in a season Most PP goals in a season Also, with only 271 games played, he’s...

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In Ottawa's case, it was less about not having the talent and more about not being able to keep it.

Guys like Yashin, Hossa, Spezza, Havlat and Stone were all homegrown talents who put up a lot of points elsewhere.

The list of Wild players who put up substantial points on other teams is Brent Burns.