Nikolay Goldobin must be cursing the existence of Vladimir Taresenko.

When someone pulls off the “Forsberg” move as brilliantly as Tarasenko did earlier this week, any other attempt at the gimmick shot is going to feel like a pale comparison. But Goldobin, a 19-year-old right wing playing for HIFK in the CHL tournament, still used a dazzling move to tie his team’s game against Fribourg-Gottéron on Tuesday night, making goalie Benjamin Conz look silly in the process.

Goldobin was the San Jose Sharks’ first-round pick in 2014, and rather than send him to junior they shipped him out to the Finnish Elite League after training camp.

"Nikolay had a great training camp and showed us that he is a highly-skilled player," Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said in a statement. "He is going to be an important player for this organization moving forward but at this time, in conjunction with direction from his agent Igor Larionov, we feel his development is best suited playing in a league against men, similar to the path Tomas Hertl took."

He was a man among boys on that play.

s/t Fear The Fin