If the NHL did this it would open a whole can of worms they don’t want. Players, like smith, who have substantial bonuses on the line, would want to be paid. Teams that traded picks/prospects for Rentals would start asking for compensation for the lost season.It's absolutely crazy and dumb. Meaning the NHL will probably do it to us. This from the same league that made us give up higher end picks to sign previously fired coaches and managers.
As soon as the NHL lifts a finger to help anyone out, like this would help the flames, for the lost season they would be so ******. It would never happen, there is no way of knowing Neal would have hit that mark or not, or what if Lucic was going to score like 7 goals down the stretch and stay within that 10 threshold then?