Philip Kurashev's weird Arbitration Experience With the Blackhawks

"Of course it's something you don't really want to do"

"Of course it's something you don't really want to do, but I didn't know what to expect at all," Kurashev told Blackhawks Insider Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago. "I talked with some people who did it before so they kind of told me, but still, you don't know what comes.

"It was definitely a different experience. It's weird, but it's part of the business. It's nothing personal, that's just how it is."

"You always hear the stories about how it is, right?" Kurashev said. "But at the end of the day, you don't have to take it personally, you don't have to take everything they say to heart and just try to focus on what you know about yourself and what you think about yourself, because that's the most important."

"I don't have any bad feelings or anything like that to anyone. It was an experience and I learned a lot about the business. It was interesting, but I'm glad it's over with and hopefully that's the last time that happens."