How Blackhawks will become cap compliant, maximize salary space after Marian Hossa ruled eligible for long-term IR

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The National Hockey League has made its decision on Marian Hossa, ruling him eligible to be placed on long-term injured reserve once the regular season begins.

It was announced in June that Hossa will miss the 2017-18 season due to a progressive skin disorder and the side effects of the medications involved to treat it.

Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman made it clear over the summer that his plan was to utilize LTIR in the regular season rather than offseason, if granted, to give the team cap flexibility during the season, so there are no surprises there. The league simply made it official.

Here's where it gets tricky financially.

Our friends at CapFriendly.com laid out the Blackhawks' expected plan as to how they'll become cap compliant then maximize their cap space throughout the course of the year:

Essentially, the Blackhawks will be allowed to exceed the $75 million salary cap ceiling by as much as Rozsival's $650,000 cap hit then utilize Hossa's $5.275 million cap hit throughout the season.

It will (hopefully) become clearer after the first day of the season when the actual roster is set, the Opening Day call-ups are made and the dust settles.

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