The Minnesota Wild have signed Kirill Kaprizov to the richest contract in NHL history at $136 million over eight years.

General manager Bill Guerin announced the record-setting deal Tuesday.

Kaprizov will count $17 million against the salary cap beginning next season.

That is the highest annual salary of any player since the league’s cap era began in 2005, surpassing Leon Draisaitl’s $14 million with Edmonton.

Note to readers:This is a corrected story. A previous version erroneously stated that Auston Matthews held the previous highest salary at $13.25 million.

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