Selecting The All Star NHL Final Lineup For The 2021-22 Season
By Jim Lynch
Left-Wing: Kirill Kaprizov | Minnesota Wild
Kirill Kaprizov had a tremendous second season with the Minnesota Wild. After winning the Calder Trophy in his rookie year last season, where he put up 27 goals and 51 points in 55 games, he followed things up this season with 47 goals, 61 assists and 108 points through 81 games.
The Wild were lucky to have Kaprizov as he was arguably their best player all season long. He scored some tremendous goals throughout the season like this great snap shot in the slot.
Kaprizov is someone that opposing teams need to know where he is on the ice at all times. He was someone the Wild had been waiting for the past few years after drafting him in the fifth round of the 2015 draft, but he is here now, and the Wild are not going to let him go anytime soon.
Kaprizov has shown up in the postseason as well so far, putting up seven goals in five games with the Minnesota Wild, but his team needs him even more now as they find themselves down in their current series with the St. Louis Blues.