MOSCOW, Jul 27 Ufa Salavat Yulaev and Toronto Maple Leafs «We agreed to extend the lease of striker Rodion Amirov, according to the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) club's Telegram channel. The Russian hockey player will spend another season in the Ufa team. He currently trains and works with coaches on an individual program. In February, the National Hockey League (NHL) club Toronto Maple Leafs, which selected the forward in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft in 2020 with the 15th overall number, announced that that Amirov was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The 20-year-old Russian was treated in Germany. In April, he returned to Ufa after a course of chemotherapy. This season, Amirov played on loan with Salavat Yulaev, of which he is a trainee.
