Over the duration of his courageous battle, Rodion’s positively inspired everyone around him and made lasting impressions with our team and fans in his brief visits to Toronto,” team president Brendan Shanahan said, according to the Associated Press. “It’s incredibly sad to see a young man with so much promise taken from us so soon.”NHL agent Daniel Milstein, who represented Amirov, confirmed that his client died Monday in Munich, Germany, where he had been undergoing treatment for his brain tumor, AP reports.

 

“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,” Milstein said in a message posted to social media in both English and Russia

 

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