Confirmed with Link: Kurashev arbitration comes in (2 x $2.25M)

[Blackhawkswincup]

Terrible # to come back for Hawks

Kurashev is essentially a replacement level player at this point

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[TLEH]

Not sure where the arbitrator is getting his value being 2.25M. His value is pretty close to the Hawks ask. I could see it coming in slightly higher for year 2. Averaging to like 1.6M AAV over 2 years, but 2.25 is kinda ridiculous. Nothing to base that number on either.

 

[EbonyRaptor]

Good - happy it's done and since the amount doesn't exceed the "walk away" amount the Hawks can't walk away from it. It was interesting the Hawks chose 2 years instead of 1 year. That could mean they value him enough to keep him around for 2 years - OR - it makes him more attractive as a trade asset with a 2nd year - especially if they retain some of that $2.25M.

In any case I hope LR lines him up with Reichel and they can build on the chemistry they had at the end of the season when Reichel had his short coming out party.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

In any case I hope LR lines him up with Reichel and they can build on the chemistry they had at the end of the season when Reichel had his short coming out party.

Reichel came back on 3-2 vs Stars

During time Kurashev/Reichel were on Hawks to end year at same time (3-2 thru 3-23)

Reichel
11 GP
1 G
3 A
4 pts

Kurashev
11 GP
1 G

There was no "Coming out party"

Reichel after Kurashev was shutdown

8 GP
4 G
4 A
8 pts

Reichel played great after Kurashev was shutdown, If anything Kurashev was pulling down Reichel and holding him back

Kurashev has done jack shit to be rewarded with playing with Reichel and its recipe for disaster forcing kid to have to try and carry someone as useless as Kurashev has been.

Anthanasou is the guy who played and produced with Reichel. Not Kurashev

 

[Mrfenn92]

 

[LavalPhantom]

Who cares. He has two years to prove his worth. We’ll know what he is for sure then.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Lol at the hyperbole coming in with “terrible”. It doesn’t impact hawks cap at all. If he can be traded then great if not he will be off the books before the hawks have to sign anyone. As it is, he’s a guy who will be 24 that is signed for two years incase he decides to break out.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Kurashev is Entwistle offensively at this point

Except he gets far more TOI thus his slightly better production

 

[CallMeShaft]

More than he probably should've gotten, but I still like his potential so glad he's here for two more years.

I like Davidson playing hard ball and letting this go to arbitration, though. Sure, he's given out some big dollar contracts to over the hill players, but we all know he's overpaying those guys for their locker room roles.

He needs to be tough in negotiations with these kids. Don't want guys like Reichel or his agent thinking Kyle's gonna just cave to contract demands.

 

[Kevin Musto]

That's nuts.

Obviously it doesn't matter because Chicago has a stupid amount of cap space.

But in no world is Kurashev worth that much and I have no idea how they came up with that figure.

 

[Northernhawk]

I love how now that Kurashev is signed they had their roster go from 23 to 24 players, then capfriendly.com goes and demoted Reese Johnson…

 

[ColbyChaos]

Imagine if Bowmans dumb ass actually put Kurashev into the Seth Jones trade instead of refusing to budge

 

[belfour30]

Imagine if Bowmans dumb ass actually put Kurashev into the Seth Jones trade instead of refusing to budge

Yeah, imagine if they could have gotten it done for Boqvist, Kurashev, 11 and 43 in 2022.
Sure, they don't have Allan or Dach but they possibly have Jiricek. And I say possibly because if the Hawks owned their 2022 pick there is a possibility it gets stripped.

 

[Northernhawk]

So Kurashev camp asked for one year $2.6 mill and the Hawks asked for two year $1.4 mill per…

Arbitrator awards TWO year at $2.2 mill…

So Kurashev gets $400,000 less than he wanted for this year($1.5 mill raise) and then the Hawks got him for already signed at no raise next season…hmmm

To think that the Hawks walked away from Antti Niemi over a messily $500,000, what a difference having flexibility with the cap brings! Great job Davidson

 

[clydesdale line]

Kurashev speaks 4 or 5 different languages (2 of them Russian and German) so even though the production hasn't been there on the ice, he definitely brings a certain amount of it off of it.

Welcome back Philipp. Hopefully he figures it out.

 

[giza]

There's something there....he just has to bring it all together.....speed, skill, good shot.....just has to figure it out more....maybe playing with Reichel is the key.

 

[Northernhawk]

There's something there....he just has to bring it all together.....speed, skill, good shot.....just has to figure it out more....maybe playing with Reichel is the key.

Agreed…I think what he’s missing is…Connor Bedard!

 

[hawksrule]

He looks great one game and then disappears for eight. It’s put up or shut up time.

 

[u2wojo]

I would have been happy with that rate for 4 or 5 years over paying the first couple of years in hopes of getting a value on the last few years

 

[Dead Meat]

I'm not sweating this one...

 

[Wally1112pac]

At this point in his career Kurashev is a low end 3rd liner. He's being paid like a low end 3rd liner for 2 seasons.

The team is swimming in cap space. Especially next season with only 9 players taking up 34 mil in space (including dead cap). The team will have 50+ mil to round out the roster with (hopefully) an influx of rookies making the team.

If Kurashev is overpaid by 250k-500k it means nothing. Good for him. Hopefully he can upgrade his Whip.

 

[EbonyRaptor]

Reichel came back on 3-2 vs Stars

During time Kurashev/Reichel were on Hawks to end year at same time (3-2 thru 3-23)

Reichel
11 GP
1 G
3 A
4 pts

Kurashev
11 GP
1 G

There was no "Coming out party"

Reichel after Kurashev was shutdown

8 GP
4 G
4 A
8 pts

Reichel played great after Kurashev was shutdown, If anything Kurashev was pulling down Reichel and holding him back

Kurashev has done jack shit to be rewarded with playing with Reichel and its recipe for disaster forcing kid to have to try and carry someone as useless as Kurashev has been.

Anthanasou is the guy who played and produced with Reichel. Not Kurashev

Well I see you proved my memory unreliable - I still like Kurashev and am rooting for him to do well.

 

[Northernhawk]

Guys gotta remember he was a 4th rounder(120th) in the 2018 draft…bonus pick people! Part of the Ryan Hartman trade
He’s played the 12th most NHL games out of any player from his draft year

 

[Pez68]

Oh no!!!!

Anyway.

 

[HeisenBaez]

Yeah Kurashev is not worth what the arbitrator said he was but it's not my money and it does not prevent the Hawks from doing anything. So it's fine.