Seabs can't handle 1st line minutes.

Hossa's entire contract will be relieved from LITR when done correctly.

Sikura is not a center and not on the 4th line.

Tanner Kero is not playing in the NHL, he's done.

You WAY overvalued Hino and Duclair each by $1M.

Saad plays on the LW and Perron on the RW.

Cat plays on the right.

You have $3M in cap space if you handle Hossa right and sign Hino and Duclair correctly.

Why is Hossa any different from Franzen, Horton, Clarkson, etc?

The Hawks can be up to 10% over the cap ($8m at $80M cap) as long as they have a player going on LITR day 1 of the season for the entire season. So in this case, the Hawks can be $5.2M over the cap day 1 in exchange for putting Hossa on LITR day one. It is prorated, so 99% of Hossa's contract goes on LITR.

Again — how is this any different from Franzen, Horton and Clarkson?

I'm not familiar with their situations, but I can tell you, every professional writer and everyone here knows how I said it's getting handled. Hossa is retiring and the league is supporting the use of full LITR and his contract only costs $1M despite a $5.2M cap hit.

Assuming you're looking at those teams' current CF pages, LTIR cap relief only takes place when a team is over the cap. And none of those teams are above the cap, so those players are listed as counting against the cap.