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F Rodion Amirov (2020, 15th, TOR) - tragically passed away due to brain tumor 8/14/23

Boxscore said:
Give this kid and Robertson every chance to earn top-6 minutes in camp and preseason. We can use some young, affordable, enthusiastic kids who aren't tainted by playoff failure. As long as they are not complete liabilities in the neutral zone, or own end, their enthusiasm can be contagious. Both of them also have sweet mitts.
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Amirov is already out of the country and on his way home for the next upcoming season. Got his first taste of the leafs facility and training coaches, now hopefully the coaches in Salavat let him really grow and give him enough icetime.
 
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As expected. Lets hope he is their #1 center all season!
 
Already up to 6'1" 180lbs. Another year with an increased role in Ufa + two summers of adding strength/size and he'll probably get his NHL shot in '22-23.

Good to see him working with Belfry in Toronto already this summer. Expecting his shot to be even better this season.
 
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3 Minute Minor said:
What a weirdo huh, how could he not pick up on your sarcastic tone & facial expressions through text?
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Yeah, not like the post just before it, which was also made by me, was talking about just getting icetime. Since no hockey has been played since less then a month ago, to jump from just getting enough icetime to develop to "Hopefully hes the number 1 center!" who wouldnt realize i was 100% serious and question my knowledge of "my own prospect".

Just an absolute weirdo, i guess.
 
So at the end of the day he did extend with SYu and is working out in Toronto with their staff regardless. Who could have guessed.
 
Saint Blue said:
Already up to 6'1" 180lbs. Another year with an increased role in Ufa + two summers of adding strength/size and he'll probably get his NHL shot in '22-23.

Good to see him working with Belfry in Toronto already this summer. Expecting his shot to be even better this season.
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I hope that you are correct, however from what I have seen, the KHL teams are pretty petty with regards players they know are leaving, as the training in Toronto showed them. Even to the detriment of their own team, they do things like take players off the top lines and off the PP to develop someone who may be staying instead. As a Hab fan we saw this with Romanov after it was clear he was coming to Montreal after the season. The equivalent of Dubas knowing Morgan Rielly will be leaving as a FA, so he tells the coaches to play him on the 3rd pairing and move Sandin to the 1st. Dumb, but for some reason this seems to be their method of operation.
 
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HABitual Fan said:
I hope that you are correct, however from what I have seen, the KHL teams are pretty petty with regards players they know are leaving, as the training in Toronto showed them. Even to the detriment of their own team, they do things like take players off the top lines and off the PP to develop someone who may be staying instead. As a Hab fan we saw this with Romanov after it was clear he was coming to Montreal after the season. The equivalent of Dubas knowing Morgan Rielly will be leaving as a FA, so he tells the coaches to play him on the 3rd pairing and move Sandin to the 1st. Dumb, but for some reason this seems to be their method of operation.
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Romanov just wasn't good enough to be played on upper parings on CSKA. He was just a junior.
If he was good enough he would've been given ice time just like Kaprizov, Grigorenko, Sorokin, Nesterov, Mamin, etc. all were (despite the team knowing they were leaving too).

Either way, 'KHL teams' aren't a single entity. They all have separate coaches and management with differing approaches.
But Amirov is on a loan. Salavat likely wouldn't have taken him back if they didn't have a use for him. They did the same with defenseman Alexeyev (Washington) last year. He played a ton.
 
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FlyguyOX said:
Amirov is 6'1" 185lbs according to his agent FYI. Hardly small.
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Imo that weight for his height makes him small, Height doesn't always = size. Marner is about 6'0 he is small (175) Amirov weight wise is about the same size as 5'9 Brendan Gallagher.

Edit: I'd also rather have someone shorter and stickier than tall and lanky given the choice aswell based on centre of Gravity and implied muscle mass.
 
Captain97 said:
Imo that weight for his height makes him small, Height doesn't always = size. Marner is about 6'0 he is small (175) Amirov weight wise is about the same size as 5'9 Brendan Gallagher.

Edit: I'd also rather have someone shorter and stickier than tall and lanky given the choice aswell based on centre of Gravity and implied muscle mass.
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If Amirov is small then what is Gallagher?

Unless weight is the only thing that matters to you for considering if someone is "small" or not.
 
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