The NHL’s All-Star Skills Competition was held in Columbus this weekend and while it was a generally underwhelming event, the KHL’s own skills competition provided us with this amazing highlight. That’s 22-year old Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Nikita Gusev – a seventh round draft pick in 2012 – pulling off the sick spin-o-rama move that left the goalie with no chance. Excellent.
[h/t theScore]

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