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			02-24-2020, 01:25 PM
			
			
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				We can kiss that 3rd rounder away. I can't see Neal playing another game this season with all these trades the Oilers are making. 
 
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			02-24-2020, 01:27 PM
			
			
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				I know he is hurt, how far are the Flames away from guaranteeing  that 3rd round pick? 
			
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			02-24-2020, 01:27 PM
			
			
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				I know he is hurt, how far are the Flames away from guaranteeing  that 3rd round pick? 
			
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2 goals, if Lucic doesn't score 11 goals this season.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			02-24-2020, 01:30 PM
			
			
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			Last game of the season. If everything is settled and he still needs the goals, I would just instruct Talbot/Rittich to let in anything he directs at the net.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			02-24-2020, 01:39 PM
			
			
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				Last game of the season. If everything is settled and he still needs the goals, I would just instruct Talbot/Rittich to let in anything he directs at the net. 
			
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If there's even a slightest possibility of that happening, Neal would not even be dressed for the game, I bet.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			02-24-2020, 01:44 PM
			
			
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				Last game of the season. If everything is settled and he still needs the goals, I would just instruct Talbot/Rittich to let in anything he directs at the net. 
			
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Wow that is an interesting possibility.
 
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			02-24-2020, 01:45 PM
			
			
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				If there's even a slightest possibility of that happening, Neal would not even be dressed for the game, I bet. 
			
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Oilers gotta oil
 
Anyone smart would just sit his ass the rest of the season. Lupus, or gonorrhea. Can't play..
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			02-24-2020, 01:46 PM
			
			
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				If there's even a slightest possibility of that happening, Neal would not even be dressed for the game, I bet. 
			
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That would be typical Oiler cheating.
 
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			02-24-2020, 01:54 PM
			
			
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				Wow that is an interesting possibility. 
 
I hope it comes down to that. 
			
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			02-24-2020, 01:55 PM
			
			
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				Would be something to see the Flames fans cheering for Neal to score against them. 
			
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We'll prob need Johnny or Bennett to feed him a saucer pass in front of the net with our goalie trapped behind the net...
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			02-24-2020, 01:58 PM
			
			
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			02-24-2020, 01:59 PM
			
			
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				That's a long rehab.  I'd cry foul. 
			
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			02-24-2020, 02:03 PM
			
			
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			02-24-2020, 02:05 PM
			
			
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No rule, though if you get creative with trade conditions you could impact it that way.  I suppose the league could look into whether he's truly LTIR.  That's all.  
 
By "crying foul" I mean just that.  Pointing out the shadiness.  Earlier people talked about GMs not wanting to do business with Treliving.  I think this kind of stuff is more of a reason to do that.  
 
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				No rule, though if you get creative with trade conditions you could impact it that way.  I suppose the league could look into whether he's truly LTIR.  That's all.   
 
By "crying foul" I mean just that.  Pointing out the shadiness.  Earlier people talked about GMs not wanting to do business with Treliving.  I think this kind of stuff is more of a reason to do that.   
 
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High ankle sprain. He’s hurt. They can be re aggravated pretty easy. 
 
Neal wouldn’t agree to sit out if he wasn’t hurt. They wouldn’t have sat him out with the depleted lineup. 
 
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			02-24-2020, 02:09 PM
			
			
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				High ankle sprain. He’s hurt. They can be re aggravated pretty easy.  
 
Neal wouldn’t agree to sit out if he wasn’t hurt. They wouldn’t have sat him out with the depleted lineup.  
 
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Look at you guys all high and mighty. hahaha. Just pissing away 3rd rounders like you are getting the cup in the next few years...
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				Look at you guys all high and mighty. hahaha. Just pissing away 3rd rounders like you are getting the cup in the next few years... 
			
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			02-24-2020, 02:14 PM
			
			
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			02-24-2020, 02:16 PM
			
			
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				High ankle sprain. He’s hurt. They can be re aggravated pretty easy.  
 
Neal wouldn’t agree to sit out if he wasn’t hurt. They wouldn’t have sat him out with the depleted lineup.  
 
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This is the first time I've ever heard "high ankle sprain".  They fuirst kept saying "foot" or weeks later just "ankle".   If it was a high ankle sprain, why didn't they LTIR him until Feb. 12?   They were anticipating him back in early Feb. So unless they completely misdiagnosed it, it wasn't a high ankle sprain, since they know that takes months.  Plus the game he supposedly injured it (against Calgary) there was no sign of anything.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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