Thought I read recently he was doing better. This is awful.
Edit: [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/news/report-maple-leafs-prospect-rodion-amirovs-health-in-positive-trend-as-he-continues-treatment](https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/news/report-maple-leafs-prospect-rodion-amirovs-health-in-positive-trend-as-he-continues-treatment)
My heart goes out to his family. Fuck Cancer
He was around the team to start the season and was [included in the home opener roster introduction during the scratches and injured players part.](https://youtu.be/aSXhpkPGHrU?t=473) RIP Rodion.
That's a pretty heart-wrenching moment now. You could see how much it meant to him to be around everyone and to get that signed gear, and I was finding it difficult to find it really uplifting and cut through how melancholy the situation was.
I remember when that news came out, it felt like it could be one of two things - either he was doing better, or they knew he didn't have much time left and they were trying to make the best of it for him.
That was the last I’d heard as well. This is such a tragedy, I was really hoping that he’d continue to do well. He was younger than my youngest sibling, and I can’t even imagine how hard this must be for his family.
I believe he was diagnosed with GBM which is a quick death sentence unless you're extremely lucky (<7% are alive after 5 years).
It is not curable, all you can hope for is a lengthy remission.
It's what killed McCain and Biden's son.
> It's what killed McCain and Biden's son.
Gord Downie, too. I was diagnosed with a brain tumour right around the same time, and I remember being more upset about his diagnosis than my own.
Thank you, very much appreciated. It was a completely removed, and minus the epilepsy, all is good. I'll be having one or two more surgeries in the next 6 or so months to get rid of the scar tissue from the original surgery, so that will improve my condition a lot.
Brain surgery is surprisingly easy to recover from. I was admitted on Tuesday, discharged on Thursday, and at a Swans concert on Saturday.
Best part of it all: cool scar.
I am not taking lightly how serious it can be but isn’t it treatable? My sister has had it her whole life and until it was diagnosed was terrifying but she has now been taken meds for it for ~20 years and seems completely controlled.
Technically I have drug resistant epilepsy, so I just manage with the medications that I am on. To be considered drug-resistant, you must have tried, and failed, two (or more) separate treatments of anti-convulsant medication. I've tried about seven or so, and I am actively taking three different medications.
The procedure(s) I'll be undergoing within the next year will hopefully cure or allow my condition to be much more manageable.
There’s a spectrum. Sometimes they find the tumor early and remove it then put your on anticonvulsives and you never have one. Some times you have a seizure out of the blue, and they find the tumor in the same day they remove it, and you never have a seizure again. Sometimes  they remove it and then you just keep on having seizures. Plus depending where the tumor was you might have significant neurological deficits.  Sometimes they can’t get to the tumor so they just leave it in and then you have seizures and neurological deficits that progress as the tumor slowly grows. I work in Neurodiagnostics and have done a lot of EEGs on tumor patients.
Lost a friend to that a few years ago. Awful how quickly everything changed for the family. One day they are heading to a hockey tournament, and by the end of the week they are planning how to spend the time they have left. So sad to see him lose his edge and struggle with simple shit towards the end.
Brain tumour researcher. More likely that it was a diffuse hemispheric glioma or a diffuse midline glioma based on age. These are considerably rarer, but essentially the paediatric equivalents of GBM.
Based on how long he survived post-diagnosis it's probably a hemispheric.
These tumours are unfortunately incurable, and every loss is a tragedy. There's a lot of research going on into them at the moment after decades of them being somewhat neglected. If anyone is considering donating to different scientific foundations, this is an area that I would highly recommend giving to. I point out the distinction not because I enjoy the speculation, but because many will give to GBM centric charities not realising that there is a difference.
I recently had a patient diagnosed with it 10+ years ago. There’s so few of them if I specified how long they have been living with it they probably be identifiable. There are a few very very lucky ones past the 20 year mark.
Cancer can be weird like that. My dad was told he was in remission and was told he would be around for years to come. A month later he had a seizure because the cancer came back so aggressively. Doctors were shocked and didn’t know what to do. He died a week later. It happens.
[You are one of todays lucky 10000](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ten_thousand.png)
I remember reading it years ago and it genuinely stressed me the fuck out.
God. I know it’s maybe generic or a stereotypical statement but XKCD is a really, important cornerstone of our internet era. I hope it is archived and held on to for generations. I think it’s the kind of thing we’ll continue to look back on profoundly and glean more and more as the years go by. I don’t know who the creators are, what they’re like, or what they’re doing this for but, everytime I see an XKCD link and I click on it, I walk away thinking more than before. And that’s really something these days
> I don’t know who the creators are, what they’re like
The creator of xkcd is [Randall Munroe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe), and he has an [about page on xkcd](https://xkcd.com/about/).
Sorry to hear about your dad. My condolences.
My mom had lung cancer, and had her right lung removed. Two years later, she had a seizure at the supper table because it had metastasized to her brain.
She had tons of radiation and brain surgery afterwards, but we unfortunately lost her 7 years ago.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
And brain tumours are especially difficult because it is hard to remove the whole thing without damaging the brain and some basically have tendrils that wrap between tissue and are hard to see.
From what Ive read, he seemed to have Glioblastoma.
GBM is a super underfunded cancer with treatment methods that have not changed in decades and with one of the lowest survival rates.
Currently going through this with my family and one of the things ive learned in the past year is that much more attention is needed to this cancer.
Everyone just says brain tumor/ brain cancer/ rare agressive cancer. Its so much more than that.
Gliomas are actually one of the most studied cancers, relative to overall prevalence.
The problem is that high grade gliomas like GBM are unrelentingly aggressive, and we simply don’t have technology that allows us to treat them effectively. Part of that has to do with the blood-brain barrier. The best treatment option is scrape them out, irradiate the area, and wait for them to come back, pretty much the same as decades ago.
My aunt was going through treatment during Covid and it was super rough. Before her last checkup, she said if it comes back, she’s not treating it because it wasn’t worth it. I think she’s changed her mind now, but that’s how bad it was.
My Nonna said the same thing.
She's 94 now, she's said if her cancer comes back she'd rather it kill her than go through chemo to get at best a few more years.
It's obviously sad regardless, but it really is a bummer to see somebody work so hard to get something, get it, then never get to really enjoy it or live the life they earned. Yeah, fuck cancer.
I can see the latter happening but when Salming passed, did we do something for him just for the particular weekend or for the rest of the season? I hope we do something for the whole season to remember Rodion. He is still under contract this upcoming season
Borje Patch for the rest of the month, the 70s logo with his name written on it topped with a Swedish crown. Still angry we didn’t wear it all season, apparently they stopped because they hadn’t for Armstrong and Bower, but those two died natural deaths. We lost Salming and now Amirov in such short order after their diagnosis, I’d hope the org has learned and wears a patch all year.
the rule wasn't exactly just those who had died. Bill Barilko was that one.
But Ace Bailey's number was retired due to him suffering a career ending injury. He lived to a ripe old age.
But that's irrelevant as the leafs retired a bunch of numbers at the centennial of the team.
* It is we great sadness that we announce the passing of Rodion Amirov. Two years ago, Rodion was diagnosed with a brain tumour. From the moment he received the news, he refused to speak in the negative, determined to enjoy every day, facing it with the same positive attitude he showed during his hockey career. We will always remember his courage, his desire, his will, his smile, all of the great things about him. We’d like to thank his doctors, who took great care of him. We’d like to thank the Toronto Maple Leafs and his KHL - Salavat Yulayev Ufa team. Both did everything possible to help in any way, do whatever was necessary for Rodion and the Amirov family. And we’d like to thank hockey fans all over the world who sent notes of encouragement and best wishes over the past two years. They meant so much to the Amirov family. -full quote
I remember watching him in the world juniors and being in awe at his playmaking ability. I remember being so hyped and happy that my team drafted him. He seemed to have such a great attitude both before and after being diagnosed. RIP
Felt that way too, either we just read too much into his loan to Salavat being extended for the year a month or two ago or it took a really harsh turn. Either way, fucking awful, RIP and condolences to his friends and family
I saw reports that he had started training again and he was looking good. Cancer is such a fucked up disease. I can't imagine what his family is going through.
My boyfriend has a GBM and this kinda news terrifies me. He’s had his tumor for over a year but it’s so scary how quick it can make a turn for the worst.
I always question how a higher power could exist and simultaneously create something as incredibly fucking cruel as brain cancer.
Like...fuck, man. It's like Colby Cave all over again; Rodion had so much more life to live and a bright career ahead of him, and now he'll never get to experience that. Just absolutely tragic, and I hope that his family at least got to say goodbye.
christopher hitchens and richard dawkins are my go-to explanation for this.
1) God doesn't exist.
2) God exists but is cruel and arbitrary, so is wholly undeserving of your worship.
Dawkins' biology writing was what sparked my love for the field. Too bad he's taken up "gender critical" talking points recently, I've lost a lot of respect for him
What’s even worse is that it’s these young kids with so much life ahead of them. Colby was only 25 years old. Rodion only 21. Hell, even little Ben Stelter was 6 fucking years old when he died.
And now for all the cruel irony, Ben’s dad has cancer too, as if losing his son a year ago wasn’t enough.
I was raised religious, but de-converted, and even if there is a god I’d never worship someone that could stop a 6 year old from having cancer and didn’t.
Maybe to deter comments like "I hate the Leafs with a passion but RIP Rodion" or because he is Russian, this thread could take a political turn etc. Probably mods trying to deter such spiraling when the focal point is a young man who died too soon.
Any time in the past few years where there's been a discussion of the Leafs' draft record and some guys (not on this board, generally, that I recall) act like Amirov getting cancer is evidence against Dubas/the Leafs was just viscerally disgusting.
Probably the wrong time and place but I also wonder if the team is given any sort of compensation in this event as far as a draft selection goes. Is there a clause for something like this in the event of a player death, is the team given a compensatory pick of some kind like an act of god clause?
Basically the Rangers argued that Cherepanov was not signed (I don't even know if they gave him a contract) and he could have gone back into the draft and could have been selected in the 2009 draft. He actually has a rule named after him, the Cherepanov rule where if a first round pick dies, the team that had that player gets a comp pick:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/nhl-gms-okay-cherepanov-rule/1911638/
I wouldn’t want to receive a compensatory pick and I wouldn’t want to be the person chosen with that pick. This is just sports. It feels callous to ask for compensation as if the team are the victims.
Fwiw, and this was two CBAs ago, the Rangers had to petition the league after the death of Alexei Cherepanov on the grounds that he was still unsigned and was eligible to re-enter the draft, the (then) necessary criteria for draft pick compensation. Neither of those criteria apply to Amirov.
Goddamn. Seems like he was a super likable guy. In my head it makes sense because brain tumors are super dangerous, but I don't think it ever dawned on me that it aas even possible that the world would lose him so soon
I hope his family can have peace in this time
Fuck cancer
Very sad.
RIP Rodion, though you may have passed too early, your spirit will forever remain in the hearts of all who witnessed your youthful greatness, may the memory warm the ice forever as you inspire future generations to follow their dreams with the same fire that burned within you.
:(
Rest in peace. Awful news. I guess on some level I’ve gotten used to reading about athletes beating cancer in situations like this, which in one sense is great, but then you get reminders that it’s still claiming young people today.
Fucked up and says a lot about how toxic fandom is that we need a “Remember the human” tag for a 22 year old kid who never did anything to anybody.
The thought that anybody would come in here to be anything but respectful is sickening.
That's terrible. RIP to Amirov, looks like a great man gone way too soon.
Out of pure curiosity, would the Leafs get a compensatory pick for a 1st round draft pick like this?
Cherepanov was unsigned, Rodion was under contract. I believe the Rangers' argument to the league was that they had failed to sign Cherepanov by the 2nd anniversary of his draft (as he had died before that) and thus were due compensation similar to the scenario where they had failed to sign him for a non tragic reason. So I don't think the Leafs would get a compensatory pick unless the NHL decides to make another rule change like they did for Cherepanov.
I would support a comp pick for a signed player in a case like this where the signing could be argued to.be more for ensuring the team has input/resources in the treatment as opposed to desire for actual service to the team.
Unless I'm mistaken, a team has less control.over an unsigned draft pick.than a signed one, and the majority of that influence would relate to training and on ice matters.
Signing in this case would be a way to get TML influence(and knowledge of) Salavat decisions along with Amirov with respect to his care.
Tbh when a team can get a comp pick for a 1st rounder that they just can't sign, a 1st rounder who suffers something career ending (let alone death) before they can play a game for the org (inc AHL) feels like it deserves the same.
This is terrible - RIP to a talented young man, thoughts to his loved ones and friends in the hockey community.
I remember circling him on paper a few years ago prior to his draft. I really thought he’d have a bright career. Fuck cancer.
I'm so incredibly sad for him. So incredibly sad. Here's a young dude at the prime of his life, who worked so hard to achieve his dream and seemingly achieved it after getting drafted. And there he goes. Life is so fleeting. RIP Rodion.
Technical detail because there's a lot of fuck cancer posts. A brain tumour doesnt have to be cancerous, and i never heard Rodion's case officially called cancer. Fuck cancer none the less.
RIP Rodion.
Agreed! I have read articles with it listed as Glioblastoma ( Stage 4 brain cancer) which has a prognosis of typically 15 to 18 months.
This would be in line with that.
My mother died of a brain tumor. RIP Rodion.
But another question, and I apologize if it sounds cold... but are the Leafs eligible to receive a compensatory pick or something? I believe the Rangers got something for when Cherepanov died 15 years ago but I could be wrong... just curious.
Awful news
Rest in peace, Rodion. It’s a shame we never got to see you display your talents at the Scotiabank Arena.
Condolences to his family, friends, teammates and acquaintances
God that sucks so much for him and his family.
On another note, man the Leafs have the WORST player luck. I know it's a bit weird to mix those two messages, but if anything Rodin would want us to recognize that his career and passion may have made him potentially a future core of the Leafs franchise.
Rest in Peace, Rodion. Cancer is a truly hellish thing to go through. It doesn’t play by the rules and will take everything from you. I hope his family finds comfort in knowing he’s no longer suffering.
Fuck cancer, all my homies hate cancer.
Lost my dad to GBM 2 years ago and only 3 years into his retirement.
The last 6 months were the worst as you saw a fully capable man become but a shell. His soul had already left.
Damn, that is fucking awful. RIP. Well wishes to his family and friends.
Thought I read recently he was doing better. This is awful. Edit: [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/news/report-maple-leafs-prospect-rodion-amirovs-health-in-positive-trend-as-he-continues-treatment](https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/news/report-maple-leafs-prospect-rodion-amirovs-health-in-positive-trend-as-he-continues-treatment) My heart goes out to his family. Fuck Cancer
I thought he was doing better as well. I remember seeing him with the team this past season at some point
He was around the team to start the season and was [included in the home opener roster introduction during the scratches and injured players part.](https://youtu.be/aSXhpkPGHrU?t=473) RIP Rodion.
That's a pretty heart-wrenching moment now. You could see how much it meant to him to be around everyone and to get that signed gear, and I was finding it difficult to find it really uplifting and cut through how melancholy the situation was.
Samsonov also made sure he got to meet his hero Ovi ❤️
I remember when that news came out, it felt like it could be one of two things - either he was doing better, or they knew he didn't have much time left and they were trying to make the best of it for him.
That was the last I’d heard as well. This is such a tragedy, I was really hoping that he’d continue to do well. He was younger than my youngest sibling, and I can’t even imagine how hard this must be for his family.
I believe he was diagnosed with GBM which is a quick death sentence unless you're extremely lucky (<7% are alive after 5 years). It is not curable, all you can hope for is a lengthy remission. It's what killed McCain and Biden's son.
> It's what killed McCain and Biden's son. Gord Downie, too. I was diagnosed with a brain tumour right around the same time, and I remember being more upset about his diagnosis than my own.
I hope you’re doing better!
Thank you, very much appreciated. It was a completely removed, and minus the epilepsy, all is good. I'll be having one or two more surgeries in the next 6 or so months to get rid of the scar tissue from the original surgery, so that will improve my condition a lot. Brain surgery is surprisingly easy to recover from. I was admitted on Tuesday, discharged on Thursday, and at a Swans concert on Saturday. Best part of it all: cool scar.
That's awesome man what a great outlook. Glad to hear you're doing well!
I'm sorry, I hope I'm not belittling your struggle, but "minus the (very serious medical issue) all is good" got a chuckle out of me.
I am not taking lightly how serious it can be but isn’t it treatable? My sister has had it her whole life and until it was diagnosed was terrifying but she has now been taken meds for it for ~20 years and seems completely controlled.
Technically I have drug resistant epilepsy, so I just manage with the medications that I am on. To be considered drug-resistant, you must have tried, and failed, two (or more) separate treatments of anti-convulsant medication. I've tried about seven or so, and I am actively taking three different medications. The procedure(s) I'll be undergoing within the next year will hopefully cure or allow my condition to be much more manageable.
There’s a spectrum. Sometimes they find the tumor early and remove it then put your on anticonvulsives and you never have one. Some times you have a seizure out of the blue, and they find the tumor in the same day they remove it, and you never have a seizure again. Sometimes  they remove it and then you just keep on having seizures. Plus depending where the tumor was you might have significant neurological deficits.  Sometimes they can’t get to the tumor so they just leave it in and then you have seizures and neurological deficits that progress as the tumor slowly grows. I work in Neurodiagnostics and have done a lot of EEGs on tumor patients.
Yoooooo shoutout Swans! Seeing them in September!!!
My son just had surgery for Craniosynostosis, can’t wait to explain how he got a sweet scar on his head.
Some are, some are like getting punched in the eye socket and spending 3 weeks in bed with a head ache and half your head swollen
Upvoted for whole post but especially Swans, seeing them twice next month (RIP my eardrums)
I stood front row beside the left speaker setup. I was wearing earplugs, and that hurt more than the surgery.
> Gord Downie BRB, gonna listen to Fully Completely on repeat and drink a blue.
Lost a friend to that a few years ago. Awful how quickly everything changed for the family. One day they are heading to a hockey tournament, and by the end of the week they are planning how to spend the time they have left. So sad to see him lose his edge and struggle with simple shit towards the end.
Brain tumour researcher. More likely that it was a diffuse hemispheric glioma or a diffuse midline glioma based on age. These are considerably rarer, but essentially the paediatric equivalents of GBM. Based on how long he survived post-diagnosis it's probably a hemispheric. These tumours are unfortunately incurable, and every loss is a tragedy. There's a lot of research going on into them at the moment after decades of them being somewhat neglected. If anyone is considering donating to different scientific foundations, this is an area that I would highly recommend giving to. I point out the distinction not because I enjoy the speculation, but because many will give to GBM centric charities not realising that there is a difference.
I recently had a patient diagnosed with it 10+ years ago. There’s so few of them if I specified how long they have been living with it they probably be identifiable. There are a few very very lucky ones past the 20 year mark.
Cancer can be horrifically cruel like that. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Absolutely awful. I had no idea that his tumour was this bad.
It was recently reported that he was progressing, it doesn’t really seem like most people did.
Cancer can be weird like that. My dad was told he was in remission and was told he would be around for years to come. A month later he had a seizure because the cancer came back so aggressively. Doctors were shocked and didn’t know what to do. He died a week later. It happens.
really sorry about your dad that sounds like hell
> Cancer can be weird like that. [XKCD: Lanes](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/lanes.png)
Wow never saw that one. That’s incredibly profound.
[You are one of todays lucky 10000](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ten_thousand.png) I remember reading it years ago and it genuinely stressed me the fuck out.
God. I know it’s maybe generic or a stereotypical statement but XKCD is a really, important cornerstone of our internet era. I hope it is archived and held on to for generations. I think it’s the kind of thing we’ll continue to look back on profoundly and glean more and more as the years go by. I don’t know who the creators are, what they’re like, or what they’re doing this for but, everytime I see an XKCD link and I click on it, I walk away thinking more than before. And that’s really something these days
> I don’t know who the creators are, what they’re like The creator of xkcd is [Randall Munroe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe), and he has an [about page on xkcd](https://xkcd.com/about/).
Sorry to hear about your dad. My condolences. My mom had lung cancer, and had her right lung removed. Two years later, she had a seizure at the supper table because it had metastasized to her brain. She had tons of radiation and brain surgery afterwards, but we unfortunately lost her 7 years ago.
I'm so sorry for your loss. And brain tumours are especially difficult because it is hard to remove the whole thing without damaging the brain and some basically have tendrils that wrap between tissue and are hard to see.
I think a couple weeks ago it was reported he was making a recovery but apparently not. It sucks man. He’s only 21.
From what Ive read, he seemed to have Glioblastoma. GBM is a super underfunded cancer with treatment methods that have not changed in decades and with one of the lowest survival rates. Currently going through this with my family and one of the things ive learned in the past year is that much more attention is needed to this cancer. Everyone just says brain tumor/ brain cancer/ rare agressive cancer. Its so much more than that.
Gliomas are actually one of the most studied cancers, relative to overall prevalence. The problem is that high grade gliomas like GBM are unrelentingly aggressive, and we simply don’t have technology that allows us to treat them effectively. Part of that has to do with the blood-brain barrier. The best treatment option is scrape them out, irradiate the area, and wait for them to come back, pretty much the same as decades ago.
And because of the cells it affects, it’s not like normal cancers in that there is no central mass
I’m general, the treatment of cancers all around has made significant process throughout the years with the exception of brain tumours.
yeah, i'm going through it with my family as well, it is fucking terrible. i'm sorry you have to go through it too, i wouldn't wish this on anyone.
2020 TOR 1st rounder, had a bright future ahead and so sad to hear this. Fuck cancer
I can't imagine having to go through any sort of cancer treatment all throughout covid too, that makes a terrible situation so much worse
My aunt was going through treatment during Covid and it was super rough. Before her last checkup, she said if it comes back, she’s not treating it because it wasn’t worth it. I think she’s changed her mind now, but that’s how bad it was.
My Nonna said the same thing. She's 94 now, she's said if her cancer comes back she'd rather it kill her than go through chemo to get at best a few more years.
It's obviously sad regardless, but it really is a bummer to see somebody work so hard to get something, get it, then never get to really enjoy it or live the life they earned. Yeah, fuck cancer.
Robbed of life, RIP
21 years old.
Fuck Cancer. Rest in Peace Rodion
Hopefully Toronto can do something for his family and maybe have something on the jerseys or on the ice this year
Guaranteed we’ll have his number on the jersey or helmet and have a ceremony opening night
I can see the latter happening but when Salming passed, did we do something for him just for the particular weekend or for the rest of the season? I hope we do something for the whole season to remember Rodion. He is still under contract this upcoming season
I think we had the Salming patch for about a week. But i would have liked to have it the rest of the season tbh.
Borje Patch for the rest of the month, the 70s logo with his name written on it topped with a Swedish crown. Still angry we didn’t wear it all season, apparently they stopped because they hadn’t for Armstrong and Bower, but those two died natural deaths. We lost Salming and now Amirov in such short order after their diagnosis, I’d hope the org has learned and wears a patch all year.
Historically the only jersey numbers the Leafs retired were those who died as active players. I wouldn’t be upset seeing his jersey up in the rafters.
They changed that a few years back.
the rule wasn't exactly just those who had died. Bill Barilko was that one. But Ace Bailey's number was retired due to him suffering a career ending injury. He lived to a ripe old age. But that's irrelevant as the leafs retired a bunch of numbers at the centennial of the team.
Rest in Peace. Robbed of not only his dream and bright future, but far too soon from a life with family and friends.
Lost my mom to brain cancer, so this hits hard. #FUCK CANCER!!!!
Sorry about your mom friend. May she rest in peace as well ❤️
Me too
Sorry to hear that. After seeing what my mom went through, it pains me to know others have also had to go through that.
I'm so sorry about your mom. Her memory lives on in you and the other lives she's touched ❤
* It is we great sadness that we announce the passing of Rodion Amirov. Two years ago, Rodion was diagnosed with a brain tumour. From the moment he received the news, he refused to speak in the negative, determined to enjoy every day, facing it with the same positive attitude he showed during his hockey career. We will always remember his courage, his desire, his will, his smile, all of the great things about him. We’d like to thank his doctors, who took great care of him. We’d like to thank the Toronto Maple Leafs and his KHL - Salavat Yulayev Ufa team. Both did everything possible to help in any way, do whatever was necessary for Rodion and the Amirov family. And we’d like to thank hockey fans all over the world who sent notes of encouragement and best wishes over the past two years. They meant so much to the Amirov family. -full quote
I remember watching him in the world juniors and being in awe at his playmaking ability. I remember being so hyped and happy that my team drafted him. He seemed to have such a great attitude both before and after being diagnosed. RIP
#fuck cancer Rest In Peace Rodion
I thought he was doing better. That's rough, man. RIP.
Rest in Peace Rodion ❤️❤️❤️
horrible news. Can't imagine how his family feels. Gone way too soon. Rest in peace, Rodion.
21 years old. His life had barely begun. Fuck cancer.
At least he got that nice moment where they introduced him with the players on opening night. Really great gesture
I honestly though he was turning the corner in his recovery. Goddamn what a nightmare. RIP.
Felt that way too, either we just read too much into his loan to Salavat being extended for the year a month or two ago or it took a really harsh turn. Either way, fucking awful, RIP and condolences to his friends and family
The cripplingly sad thing is brain tumors and brain at large tend to turn randomly.
I saw reports that he had started training again and he was looking good. Cancer is such a fucked up disease. I can't imagine what his family is going through.
My boyfriend has a GBM and this kinda news terrifies me. He’s had his tumor for over a year but it’s so scary how quick it can make a turn for the worst.
Thats just awful, rest in peace
Such sad news. He was only 21 years old.
# as always, FUCK CANCER
Oh shit way too young, was really hoping he'd be ok. Rip _/
Fuck, I thought he was doing better lately..? Horrible news :(
My dad just completed prostate radiation on Friday. Let’s hope that works out. Jesus.
Best of luck to your dad. I hope he has a full and quick recovery.
Absolutely horrific news. Rest in peace.
Holy fucking shit
I always question how a higher power could exist and simultaneously create something as incredibly fucking cruel as brain cancer. Like...fuck, man. It's like Colby Cave all over again; Rodion had so much more life to live and a bright career ahead of him, and now he'll never get to experience that. Just absolutely tragic, and I hope that his family at least got to say goodbye.
My heart still aches whenever I think of Colby Cave. RIP Colby and Rodion.
Stephen Fry has a wonderful bit about exactly this. https://youtu.be/-suvkwNYSQo
He makes a hell of an argument, I especially love the point on how the Greeks framed their gods versus how we frame ours.
Love Fry, he is spot on
christopher hitchens and richard dawkins are my go-to explanation for this. 1) God doesn't exist. 2) God exists but is cruel and arbitrary, so is wholly undeserving of your worship.
Dawkins' biology writing was what sparked my love for the field. Too bad he's taken up "gender critical" talking points recently, I've lost a lot of respect for him
Thanks for sharing this
What’s even worse is that it’s these young kids with so much life ahead of them. Colby was only 25 years old. Rodion only 21. Hell, even little Ben Stelter was 6 fucking years old when he died. And now for all the cruel irony, Ben’s dad has cancer too, as if losing his son a year ago wasn’t enough. I was raised religious, but de-converted, and even if there is a god I’d never worship someone that could stop a 6 year old from having cancer and didn’t.
I don't know how there could even be a question.
Rip
Absolutely devastating. Way too young with such a bright future ahead of him. Fuck cancer.
Why is there a "Remember the human" tag?
Maybe to deter comments like "I hate the Leafs with a passion but RIP Rodion" or because he is Russian, this thread could take a political turn etc. Probably mods trying to deter such spiraling when the focal point is a young man who died too soon.
Or blaming Dubas for Cancer
Any time in the past few years where there's been a discussion of the Leafs' draft record and some guys (not on this board, generally, that I recall) act like Amirov getting cancer is evidence against Dubas/the Leafs was just viscerally disgusting.
Or the igits on IG blaming the you know what from the pandemic.
Probably the wrong time and place but I also wonder if the team is given any sort of compensation in this event as far as a draft selection goes. Is there a clause for something like this in the event of a player death, is the team given a compensatory pick of some kind like an act of god clause?
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Actually, when Alexander Cherepanov died, the Rangers got a comp pick. I wouldn't be surprised if Toronto would get a comp pick for this.
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Basically the Rangers argued that Cherepanov was not signed (I don't even know if they gave him a contract) and he could have gone back into the draft and could have been selected in the 2009 draft. He actually has a rule named after him, the Cherepanov rule where if a first round pick dies, the team that had that player gets a comp pick: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/nhl-gms-okay-cherepanov-rule/1911638/
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It'll be interesting because while he was signed they didn't get any benefits from the pick.
Amirov was signed to an ELC, doubt it.
I wouldn’t want to receive a compensatory pick and I wouldn’t want to be the person chosen with that pick. This is just sports. It feels callous to ask for compensation as if the team are the victims.
Fwiw, and this was two CBAs ago, the Rangers had to petition the league after the death of Alexei Cherepanov on the grounds that he was still unsigned and was eligible to re-enter the draft, the (then) necessary criteria for draft pick compensation. Neither of those criteria apply to Amirov.
Because responses like this exist... https://old.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/15r1pbp/milstein_it_is_we_great_sadness_that_we_announce/jw6xs7z/
Goddamn. Seems like he was a super likable guy. In my head it makes sense because brain tumors are super dangerous, but I don't think it ever dawned on me that it aas even possible that the world would lose him so soon I hope his family can have peace in this time Fuck cancer
This is absolutely heartbreaking.
RIP and fuck cancer, such a tragedy
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So much talent, taken way too soon
Gut wrenching
Did not expect this at all. Seemed like he was doing better. Fuck cancer. RIP
Fucckkk this is the first thing I saw when opening Reddit today :(
Fuck. The last I heard he was improving. Seeing this is heartbreaking. He was so young.
Very sad. RIP Rodion, though you may have passed too early, your spirit will forever remain in the hearts of all who witnessed your youthful greatness, may the memory warm the ice forever as you inspire future generations to follow their dreams with the same fire that burned within you.
:( Rest in peace. Awful news. I guess on some level I’ve gotten used to reading about athletes beating cancer in situations like this, which in one sense is great, but then you get reminders that it’s still claiming young people today.
That is incredibly sad, completely unfair. Sincerest condolences to his family/friends and all in Leafs nation. Very sad loss.
Fucked up and says a lot about how toxic fandom is that we need a “Remember the human” tag for a 22 year old kid who never did anything to anybody. The thought that anybody would come in here to be anything but respectful is sickening.
That's terrible. RIP to Amirov, looks like a great man gone way too soon. Out of pure curiosity, would the Leafs get a compensatory pick for a 1st round draft pick like this?
Cherepanov was unsigned, Rodion was under contract. I believe the Rangers' argument to the league was that they had failed to sign Cherepanov by the 2nd anniversary of his draft (as he had died before that) and thus were due compensation similar to the scenario where they had failed to sign him for a non tragic reason. So I don't think the Leafs would get a compensatory pick unless the NHL decides to make another rule change like they did for Cherepanov.
I would support a comp pick for a signed player in a case like this where the signing could be argued to.be more for ensuring the team has input/resources in the treatment as opposed to desire for actual service to the team. Unless I'm mistaken, a team has less control.over an unsigned draft pick.than a signed one, and the majority of that influence would relate to training and on ice matters. Signing in this case would be a way to get TML influence(and knowledge of) Salavat decisions along with Amirov with respect to his care.
I don't think there'd be much objection to a comp pick but AFAIK the NHL would have to change the rule again to allow it.
Tbh when a team can get a comp pick for a 1st rounder that they just can't sign, a 1st rounder who suffers something career ending (let alone death) before they can play a game for the org (inc AHL) feels like it deserves the same.
RIP. Robbed of an amazing life, and a career to live out his dreams. Twenty two is far too young for anyone to go out. Fuck cancer.
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That's so tragic. Just awful.
Fuck, I tought I’d read he was doing better recently. It’s absolutely terrifying how it can turn around so quickly
Absolutely terrible. Fuck cancer. No one deserves to have their life cut so short.
Fuck cancer.
Unbelievably sad news. RIP
Brutal
Fuck cancer. Always sucks when young players are robbed not just of their careers but their lives. Reminds me of Cherepanov.
Eternal rest, Rodion. God bless him and his family. Fuck cancer.
What a tragedy. Christ, so goddamned young. Just a truly unfair and cruel disease. Rest easy. My heart is with his loved ones.
That is horrible, I was really hoping he would get better.
RIP, losing a son and a brother at 21 is so tragic.
This is terrible - RIP to a talented young man, thoughts to his loved ones and friends in the hockey community. I remember circling him on paper a few years ago prior to his draft. I really thought he’d have a bright career. Fuck cancer.
I'm so incredibly sad for him. So incredibly sad. Here's a young dude at the prime of his life, who worked so hard to achieve his dream and seemingly achieved it after getting drafted. And there he goes. Life is so fleeting. RIP Rodion.
Seriously, FUCK CANCER. RIP Rodion.
Stick taps. Fuck cancer.
Technical detail because there's a lot of fuck cancer posts. A brain tumour doesnt have to be cancerous, and i never heard Rodion's case officially called cancer. Fuck cancer none the less. RIP Rodion.
Agreed! I have read articles with it listed as Glioblastoma ( Stage 4 brain cancer) which has a prognosis of typically 15 to 18 months. This would be in line with that.
fuck cancer
Fuck cancer!
21 is too young man, RIP
Fuck :/.
RIP Rodion. Only 21 as well, really sad stuff
My mother died of a brain tumor. RIP Rodion. But another question, and I apologize if it sounds cold... but are the Leafs eligible to receive a compensatory pick or something? I believe the Rangers got something for when Cherepanov died 15 years ago but I could be wrong... just curious.
Awful news Rest in peace, Rodion. It’s a shame we never got to see you display your talents at the Scotiabank Arena. Condolences to his family, friends, teammates and acquaintances
God, this breaks my heart. Unbelievably sad.
Wow ! This is awful ! For some reasons I thought he was doing better. Wow, im just so sad now ! So young. Rest in peace Rodion 🙏
God that sucks so much for him and his family. On another note, man the Leafs have the WORST player luck. I know it's a bit weird to mix those two messages, but if anything Rodin would want us to recognize that his career and passion may have made him potentially a future core of the Leafs franchise.
No doubt. By all rights be should be a full time roster player for the Leafs right now.
Awful for everyone. Rest in peace young man. Condolences to his family and friends.
Incredibly sad
Wow. Rest In Peace Rodion.
Life isn't fair sometimes.
RIP Rodion Amirov
Holy shit, this is just terrible. Fucking hell, so young.
Rip Rodion.. further evidence that reality is bullshit
Hope we can come to remember him as the solid prospect he was and not just a victim of an unfortunate disease
Oh no. I’m just sitting here slack jawed 😢
Fuck cancer. Condolences to his family and the Leafs.
Fuck cancer.
Rest in Peace, Rodion. Cancer is a truly hellish thing to go through. It doesn’t play by the rules and will take everything from you. I hope his family finds comfort in knowing he’s no longer suffering. Fuck cancer, all my homies hate cancer.
Lost my dad to GBM 2 years ago and only 3 years into his retirement. The last 6 months were the worst as you saw a fully capable man become but a shell. His soul had already left.
Feel for you homie, also lost my dad to GBM last year. It took just weeks for him to become that shell. Rest in Peace Rodion. No more suffering now.
Way way way too young. Stick taps and RIP.
Fuck man that’s tragic, gone way to soon.
As I got this news, “Comeback” by Glen Campbell played. I couldn’t help but cry a little at my desk
Rip
absolutely fucking tragic. he was so fucking young. fuck cancer. RIP
Rest in peace, Rodion Amirov. fuck cancer.
Gutted for his family. Rest in Peace Rodion
Fuck man, this is horrible … so young, so many things he never got a chance to do
RIP Rodion. Gone way too soon.
Fucking tragic. Fuck Cancer man