It’s impossible to figure out the best part of Andreas Athanasiou’s goal for the Grand Rapids Griffins against the Charlotte Checkers.

Is it his undressing the defenseman for Charlotte on the play? Is it the backhand? Take a look and let us know what you think:

That is a gorgeous goal for the 2012 fourth round pick by the Detroit Red Wings. Goal of the Year? Perhaps.

Can we see him up in Detroit at some point in the near future? Said Wingin' it in Motown:

I feel like a broken record sometimes saying this repeatedly, but Athanasiou has the speed, hands, vision, and creativity to make a great NHL player. He's so much more than Darren Helm with hands, so much more. People doubted he could do the fancy, jaw dropping highlight reel moves in the AHL that he did in juniors, yet here he is making AHL players look silly in his first year pro. I love it and I'll never get enough

He has 26 points in 40 games in his first full year of pro. And you know the Red Wings take a looooooong time developing their prospects.

But this is not the first time we saw something nice from Athanasiou in a hockey-setting. Check out his goal at the 2011 NHL Research and Development camp. Those are some good looking trick shots.

That's a nice little Puck Daddy blast from the past as well. But to do one of those in a game? Nice job! Maybe we'll see this at the NHL level one of these days soon. Paging Ken Holland ...

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