No, Kirill Kaprizov wasn’t snuck out of Russia in Chuck Fletcher’s luggage like many Wild fans are hoping.



But the Wild general manager did return to the Twin Cities on Thursday after spending the past few days in Moscow, where he took the dynamic winger and another Wild prospect to dinner on Tuesday night and met with them briefly after watching them play a Kontinental Hockey League game on Wednesday night.



Fletcher traveled to Moscow with Kaprizov’s new agent, Dan Milstein because he wanted to meet Kaprizov, drafted in the fifth round in 2015, and CSKA Moscow teammate Andrei Svetlakov, drafted in the sixth round in 2017. Scout Ivan Nepriaev, who covers Russia for the Wild, also attended the meetings and served as a translator.



Fletcher watched their overtime win over Jokerit prior to boarding his flight home. Fletcher, via text, said he had “good meetings” with both players and might provide further background prior to...