As I was sitting at Fifth Third Arena watching the Blackhawks’ prospects begin warming up for the first practice of their preseason camp, Frank Seravalli dropped a bomb on Twitter. He reported Kirill Kaprizov turned down a contract offer from the Minnesota Wild that would have made him the richest player in league history: eight years, $128M ($16M AAV).
Sources say #mnwild superstar Kirill Kaprizov’s camp turned down an extension offer believed to be 8-years, $128 million in a meeting on Tuesday in Minnesota that would have made him the highest-paid player in #NHL history in both AAV ($16 million) and total dollars.
Now, that doesn’t mean the two sides aren’t still negotiating and it certainly doesn’t guarantee that the superstar forward hits the UFA market next summer. But this information getting to someone like Seravalli means there’s some smoke there, and someone isn’t happy with where things are presently in said negotiations. Between this, the Hughes brothers and the Connor McDavid Contract Watch in Edmonton, training camps are going to open with a bang next week!
Briefly, my two cents on the inevitable “the Blackhawks should go after Kaprizov if/when he hits the market” conversation: I like the player. He’s exceptionally talented. I’m not sure I go to max term and set the market for him, however. Turning down $16M AAV is a big choice. I don’t think he’s better than Leon Draisaitl, who’s at $14M per.Kirill Kaprizov turning down $16M per year over eight years is veryyyyy interesting pic.twitter.com/Xuq2nBnKnP
— dom ? (@domluszczyszyn) September 10, 2025 Let’s talk about this coming NHL season’s rookie of the year candidates, shall we? Yeah, I know. Training camps haven’t opened yet. But Scott Wheeler and Harman Dayal at The Athletic listed their top 20 candidates for the Calder Trophy, and Blackhawks defensemen Sam Rinzel (No. 5) and Artyom Levshunov (No. 18) showed up on the list. Here’s part of what they wrote about Rinzel:Rinzel really impressed people in Chicago and around the league with his play in his first nine NHL games in the spring (he registered five points, finished with a plus rating on one of the league’s worst goal differential teams and played 20-27 minutes in every single game). So much so that the belief is that he’s going to be given big minutes again and that he, and not Artyom Levshunov, is going to start the season running PP1 for them. We’re still talking about a 21-year-old rookie D here, though, so it’s also reasonable to couch in a slump or the likelihood that they at least try Levshunov on that unit for a stretch of the season. There’s no guarantee that his rookie year goes as smoothly as his introduction did, and there are going to be some hard nights. But the talent is there, and if he’s playing big minutes and making an impact offensively, he’s got a real chance to push for the Calder.
Here’s part of what they wrote about Levshunov:There’s a camp of people who believe Levshunov is still very much learning the game and that even if he plays a full 82 with the Blackhawks this year that it’s going to come with some highs and lows. … But he’s also toolsy enough and talented enough that it wouldn’t surprise anyone if he took a step and really shone.
? at @TheAthletic: Ranking the top 20 candidates for the Calder Trophy.With @harmandayal2 ?⤵️ t.co/Z8pHvzsSQX pic.twitter.com/aFQgKmL1NF
— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) September 10, 2025 One interesting observation I made when looking at the roster for the Blackhawks’ prospects this week: there are only two players in camp from the WHL: Nathan Behm and Ashton Cumby. The Blackhawks have drafted a lot of players out of the WHL in the somewhat recent past (Kirby and Colton Dach, Kevin Korchinski, Nolan Allan, Connor Bedard). But they’re now very OHL-centric. Corey Pronman continued his series re-ranking prospects who were drafted by class, with the latest reconsidering the 2022 NHL Draft. A couple reminders before we get into the rankings: first, the Blackhawks didn’t have a single pick in the first round a few days before the 2022 draft began. And second, Pronman has historically not been a big fan of Frank Nazar. Well, in his latest re-draft, Pronman now has Nazar ranked No. 5 overall in his “Bubble top and middle lineup” tier. Interestingly, Pronman has Kevin Korchinski and Sam Rinzel ranked back-to-back at Nos. 15 and 16, respectively — with Korchinski still higher than Rinzel. They fall in his “Middle-of-the-lineup player” tier. Pronman also includes Ryan Greene (ranked 36th – drafted 57th) and Gavin Hayes (ranked 86th – drafted 66th). Again: a good read and a perspective to consider.2022 NHL re-draft: Juraj Slafkovský, Logan Cooley, Shane Wright lead the class t.co/pUmE03152P
— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) September 10, 2025 We got our first look at new goalie Stanislav Berezhnoy on Wednesday. IceHogs Jared Nightingale said he was impressed with the work from both Berezhnoy and free agent invite Owen Flores; it was a very fast-paced practice and the goalies got worked hard. Berezhnoy is a big goalie. I’m fascinated to see how he looks in scrimmage action with the Blackhawks prospects the today and tomorrow and in games this weekend.New #Blackhawks / @goicehogs ? prospect Stanislav Berezhnoy is a unit, folks. Big kid. (Listed at 6-4, 218 and I might take the over on that 218) pic.twitter.com/FIaLrmh7d3
— Tab Bamford (@The1Tab) September 10, 2025 An interesting development here in the CHL-NCAA relationship. The CHL will reportedly not give passes to scouts and coaches from college programs this year. I’m with Jeff Marek on this one: hopefully there’s a place in the middle where the CHL and NCAA can get together on things. The money in college hockey isn’t going away.I spoke with someone at the CHL who confirmed the league will not be issuing passes to NCAA coaches and scouts. To attend games they would have to purchase tickets or be given them. No restriction on scouts/personnel talking to GM's about players in CHL rosters. t.co/YWZpzp9wTv
— Jeff Marek (@JeffMarek) September 10, 2025 Michael Misa will not be joining his brother (and Gavin McKenna) at Penn State. He signed his entry-level contract on Wednesday.?️ TELL A FRIEND TO TELL A FRIENDMichael Misa has signed his entry-level contract! pic.twitter.com/l4E9CAOfWG
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) September 10, 2025 Apparently Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is now part-owner of a Major League Pickleball team!? BREAKING NEWS ?The Palm Beach Royals ownership team will include:–@FlaPanthers captain Aleksander Barkov–@usopen champion @Bandreescu_–@UNC_Basketball star @THANS50–@Colts Pro Bowler @KennyKennyMoe3-and more!Read the full feature in @SBJ ? t.co/c0GLE77zhL
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Anthony Rizzo is retiring as a member of the Chicago Cubs, and will be celebrated at Wrigley Field on Saturday. Matt wrote a terrific breakdown of the performance from the Bears’ o-line in Week One. The NBA made an… interesting rule change on Wednesday.Anthony Rizzo was all of us in this moment. pic.twitter.com/M8uY2jirr3
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