Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold is concerned with his star forward Kirill Kaprizov possibly being detained in Russia.
Kaprizov was turned away from returning to the United States because of his visa status and the worry is that the Russians want him to fulfill his military requirements after his exemption expired on June 30. “It’s pretty hard not to be little nervous about it, right? Leipold said. “I mean, I think every team that has Russian players that are back in Russia right now, they can all say ‘No, I’m not nervous right now, I’m not nervous.’ Until he gets back into the United States, I’m going to be a little nervous.” Stay tuned as this saga is far from over.
