SUNRISE, FLA. — Bill Guerin touched down in the Twin Cities late Tuesday afternoon after crossing the Atlantic following an initial “get-to-know-ya” dinner Monday night with star-studded Wild prospect Kirill Kaprizov in Moscow.



Guerin watched Kaprizov play a KHL game in-person, then visited with the 22-year-old for the first time. The two were accompanied at dinner by Kaprizov’s agent, Dan Milstein, and the Wild’s Russian scout, Ivan Nepriaev, whom Guerin says has been a huge help in helping build a relationship between Kaprizov and the NHL team that anxiously awaits his arrival for the 2020-21 season.



“He’s a pretty confident but easy-going kid. I asked him what his biggest concerns were. And he said, ‘I … I … I don’t really have any,’” the laughing Wild general manager told The Athletic during a phone interview an hour before the Wild faced off with the Florida Panthers on Tuesday...