{"id":352396,"date":"2026-06-09T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352396\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:00:21","slug":"sharks-philipp-kurashev-linked-to-return-to-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352396\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks’ Philipp Kurashev Linked to Return to Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Swiss media outlet Contropiede, San Jose Sharks<\/a> forward Philipp Kurashev<\/a> could be returning home<\/a> to Switzerland if he’s unable to find a contract in the NHL.<\/p>\n

Contropiede, an outlet that focuses heavily on HC Lugano, reports that Kurashev has reached an agreement with Lugano that will have him return to the team if he’s unable to find a way to extend his NHL career. Kurashev previously played for Lugano during the COVID-19 pandemic, recording nine points, all of which were assists, in 13 games in the Swiss National League.<\/p>\n

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The Sharks acquired Kurashev through free agency last summer after the Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> opted not to offer him a qualifying offer to retain his rights. They were hoping to revive his career, as he had previously shown signs of being a useful player at the NHL level, but things didn’t go as planned. Kurashev had seven goals and 20 points in 43 games, but was often out of the lineup.<\/p>\n

If the Sharks want to retain Kurashev’s rights, they do have that opportunity, as he is scheduled to be a restricted free agent if Mike Grier opts to submit a qualifying offer. With that being said, it would be somewhat surprising to see the Sharks go that route, especially if they draft another high-end forward at the 2026 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n

Kurashev’s future is currently up in the air, but if nothing comes to fruition in North America, it seems he’ll at least land on his feet back in his native Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Swiss media outlet Contropiede, San Jose Sharks forward Philipp Kurashev could be returning home to Switzerland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2068,143988,143987,404,12863,88,90,89,98,36690,13190],"class_list":["post-352396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-contropiede","tag-hc-lugano","tag-nhl","tag-philipp-kurashev","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-switzerland","tag-the-sharks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}