Philipp Kurashev has signed a new contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Honestly don't know what else to say to this other than "whatever"

its a deal

I think this is a very good contract for both Kurashev and the Hawks.

Really like this deal. I could easily see Kurashev having a big year with the Hawks. Great player

I guess this means Frederic is gonna make around $2.5M.

Solid deal, and still a young player. He could break out big time if he gets time with Bedard.

Very similar to Nico Sturms deal and similar player. Its good.

He only scored 25 points and he was a defensive nightmare. Last year, his On-Ice Goal Differential was over 14 BELOW expected, so this is a bad performance on a bad team. Furthermore, this is actually worse than the year before, so it's not just that he's young and getting better.

It is more likely that he will be such a defensive liability that he will hurt Bedard, because the puck will be in the wrong end of the ice far too often.

Still got potential, the analytics will be terrible because he’s not a top line player yet but was thrown in all over the place last season. 3rd line minutes and Bedard taking the heavy load will do him wonders. Have hopes he will be perfectly average defensively and decent offensively for a 3rd liner this season

Slight overpay. Was thinking more $1.9M. The years are correct. This is it for him though. If he can’t improve his stats and analytics I don’t see a future for him. He’s still super young and has potential to be a solid 3rd line winger.

there are plenty of players with just less than double digit goals who had to sign for the minimum. Kurashev doesnt bring exceptional defense or physicality. still young- but his current play doesnt warrant that much $$. only 2 years and with lots of cap space it doesnt really matter that much.

Dude just have the same agent as Foligno

I'm just shocked. I thought $500k less was still high. He's fast and show signs of high potential...it's just that he really hasn't done much. I'm not 100% sure he'll get regular ice time. BUT still good for him I guess.

It's 562.5k per year per language he speaks. That's a pretty good deal considering guys get millions and can barely speak 1 or 2 languages

Another Stan Bowman contract that will sting Edmonton. Boo.

Players tend to develop a better defensive game over time, despite his age, maybe he was rushed a bit by the Hawks which is something they have been known to do (see Dach)

You can't pin that on Kurashev and if you were watching most of the games, you would realize he's actually a pretty solid 2 way guy and that's his biggest strength. Remember, you are talking about a team that was a dumpster fire and every player on the team had a negative goal differential....not shocking and as such is a poor way to be evaluating when it comes to a individual player. This is a prime example of the eye test being WAY more important than a stat like that.

Actually, he's pretty good defensively (albeit on a dumpster fire team) and a strong two way player for a 3rd liner. The deal is solid. If you've watched him game in and game out, he's developing into the perfect 3rd line winger which makes this deal a solid deal for both sides.

Disagree respectively. Kurashev is the exact type of two way player the 3rd line needs and made great strides to play a two-way game this past season. He will 100% get regular ice time just like the last two seasons and should. He's 23 and developing into that solid 3rd line role player this team will need down the road.

I hear ya. It's not like I hate the guy. I've been cheering/following for him for a while. For me it's just that his situation is exactly the opposite of a guy like Ian Mitchell. Kurashev has been given A LOT of NHL opportunities and I'm not so sure he's better than Donato. I definitely don't want to impede Reichels development. So he's not a LW...he's not a center...#3RW??? or he's splitting time at his natual LW. There's just soo much he needs to improve on that I just found it odd he even went to arbitration, BUT he did and now he's got life changing money...so again good for him. I am genuinely happy for him. Now that you've won the arb case...NO Complaining even if you're splitting time. That's what the $2.25M is for.

Reichel is a top 6 guy, Kurashev isn't taking or trading ice time with him regardless of Kurashev playing in the top 6 or not. Foligno is a bottom line guy. Donato or Kurashev likely playing center on the 3rd line, but MAYBE Kursahev plays on the 2nd line with AA and Raddysh. Blackwell honestly gets some games but he's not part of the future (also think he's not a NHL player) nor is Foligno, Perry, Katchouk, all bottom line guys anyway.

I just don't see 9 guys up front on the roster that are better than Kurashev and definitely not 9 guys part of the future which makes Kurashev a important piece and ultimately a valuable 3rd line player.

Posted this just for our discussion.
https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/4471956

Point is, there is plenty of room for Kurashev.

I don't think he's overpaid. Arbitration is generally the ultimate equilibrium; he got what he's owed in other words. If you look at his complete game, age, and upside it's fair value.

I don't necessarily agree with the dislike for Mitchell and giving up on him, but I also can't say I'm surprised. His positioning isn't the best and defensively he suffers for it, his physicality isn't good, and does he really bring anything to the table that the prospects don't already? I was much more shocked by Regula who I thought looked a lot better.

... His On-Ice Goal Differential was 14 BELOW EXPECTED. That was the second worst for any forward on the team and fifth worst for any skater on the team.

He was bad on a bad team.

On a side note, if you sort the team by total ice time, you have to go down to Nikita Zaitsev to find a player whose on-ice goal differential was above expected. They were still negative, but better than expected.

What did your eye test tell you after watching him for dozens of games?

What did your eye test tell you after watching Zaits with the Hawks?