All I hear is “until we hear from Kirill” Well we have in a translated interview where #97 said unequivocally that he and his agent talk about the contract all the time. He is involved. He is fully aware of what’s being offered and what his options are and the fact is he has no options. Play for the Wild or stay in Russia. Simple. He has held this team hostage the entire off season. He’s making himself look like a little biotch. Agent aside. I’d get it if he had three or four other options from other teams but he don’t. The Wild are his only choice if he wants to be in the NHL. Period.
BG is going to say all the right things on the radio. I’d be willing to bet the mortgage that he and the rest of the Wild front office are seething at the way this has transpired. It makes everyone look bad right now. KK will sign something and will lace his skates in a Wild sweater but he’s now put himself in a position where he best be on the point board every night or things could turn on him quickly. Can you imagine if this kid goes into a ten game slump which he will because even the best players do what the Xcel will sound like?
Listen to yourselves here. The expectations of him are already astronomical. Now he’s playing these contract games where the only leverage he has are 55 NHL games and a metric ton of expectations. He’s adding a huge amount of additional pressure on himself.
I’m waiting for the hour long ESPN special where he announces if he is going to sign or not.
You know there’s like 20 other unsigned RFAs around the league right? Some big names too like Hughes, Pettersson, and Tkachuk. Are they also little biotches holding their teams hostage?
I always love the old “take less money so the fans don’t hate you” take… Very Minnesotan. I bet Theofanous floated that idea to Kirill, but he shot it down because he’s a little biotch.
ETA: I hope he holds out until camp, so then we can all find out what your panic mode looks like.
