The Gold Knights are furious with the way their season has been "stolen"

Let's start from the start: yes, the Golden Knights of Vegas could have avoided all this controversy – and their elimination – by simply not allowing four goals in 4:01. One of the strangest and wildest returns of recent memory, a game 7 finally won by the Sharks 5 to 4 in overtime, did not to have s' press a dubious call. After the call, the Knights could have canceled things by simply not being the second team in the history of the NHL to have allowed four goals in a second power play. . But they did, and the appeal is therefore of capital importance in retrospect, and Vegas will monitor it for a very, very long time.

Jonathan Marchessault repeated a question from the journalist. "Was it stolen? Yeah. It was 3-0.

he was a 3-0 lead to Vegas, while it remained 10:47 to play in the third period. Cody Eakin then examined Joe Pavelski on the chest, sending him stumbling into Paul Stastny and clumsily falling on the ice. He hit his head and seemed to lose consciousness, the blood flowing on the ice.

A truly scary moment, and now, in Sharks Lore, an emotional and inspiring moment. "It almost made you cry," said Joe Thornton. "We love him so much. You never want to see a teammate get hurt like that. It's a difficult break for him. So you hold it as hard as you can, get it out of the ice and make it better … The boys got together and said: it's for Pavs. (The Sharks have not yet published a medical report on Pavelski.)

But from the other cloakroom, the call was a masquerade. Marchessault:

"I really hope that Joe Pavelski is fine. You never want to see something wrong like that happen. But it's a fucking joke Call five minutes for that? That changed the whole outcome of the match. Seriously, what is it? It's so disappointing. The game is not even close. It's 3-0. Call a two? D & # 39; AGREEMENT. But a five? For something you do not even see? You just call the result. It's a fucking joke. It's embarrassing. That's what it is. "

The issue in dispute was how and when the five minutes of major misconduct and gambling were triggered, and Marchessault scores a point: the officials on the ice did not appear to have seen the attack, or the less did not think it deserved to notice how much Pavelski had been hurt. The video above clearly shows that no penalty was reported until well after the hard blow, when Pavelski was already on the ground. To make matters worse, the coach of the Knights, Gerard Gallant, said the referees had explained to him on the ice that Eakin had checked Pavelski in the face, "and as we all saw it, it did not take place . "

After the match, referee supervisor Don VanMassenhoven stated, "The referees claimed a cross-check penalty for an offense that caused a serious injury. According to them, the offense and its outcome merited a major sentence. "

Thus, the Sharks scored four quick goals in a senseless succession. Marchessault scored one for Vegas with 47 seconds remaining to postpone the summer vacation a little longer, then Barclay Goodrow sent the Sharks to the second round and Colorado with his goal at 18:19 of overtime. A brutal game in a brutal series for the Golden Knights, who, less than a week ago, led 3-1 in the series and looked like world drummers.

"Last year, we were in the Stanley Cup finals and it was hard to lose," said Gallant. "Tonight was harder than that."

Marchessault? Always angry.

They called a bad call and look where we are. Summer is starting, damn, five months now until the first game, when the regular season begins. It's awful. You think we were ready to start our summer here? We are a great team. It's amazing. "