There weren’t a lot of positives this season for the Chicago Blackhawks as they finished with their seventh worst season points percentage (.317) in franchise history, but Philipp Kurashev taking a big step forward was one of them. The potential for the 2018 fourth-round draft pick (120th overall) to be a consistent top-six producer has always been there and, after three season of lackluster results, the forward finally broke out in a way that generated hope and excitement for even more progress in the coming years.
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