{"id":292326,"date":"2025-11-18T10:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/292326\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:07:09","slug":"leafs-place-chris-tanev-on-long-term-injured-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/292326\/","title":{"rendered":"Leafs place Chris Tanev on long-term injured reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\"><a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/theleafsnation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">Toronto Maple Leafs\u2019<\/a> defenseman Chris Tanev has been placed on long-term injured reserve, <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PuckPedia\/status\/1990624080454918502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">according to a report from Pu<\/a><a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PuckPedia\/status\/1990624080454918502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">ckPedia<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Tanev has been <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-chris-tanev-exits-game-against-flyers-stretcher-concussion-nhl-injury-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">out since Nov. 1<\/a> when he was injured during the Leafs\u2019 matchup against the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/philadelphia-flyers\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>. After a collision with Flyers\u2019 forward Matvei Michkov, the Toronto blueliner stayed down after the impact and received medical attention before being placed on the stretcher. He was able to flash a thumbs-up signal to the crowd on his way out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The following day, Tanev was <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-chris-tanev-discharged-from-hospital-scary-hit-against-philadelphia-flyers-nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released from hospital and placed on injured reserve<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">It was Tanev\u2019s first game back since suffering an upper-body injury during <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-chris-tanev-leaves-game-new-jersey-devils-upper-body-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s Oct. 21 game<\/a> against the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/new-jersey-devils\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Devils<\/a>. He would be placed on <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-chris-tanev-injured-reserve-dakota-mermis-recall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">injured reserve<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Through his first eight games of the 2025-26 season, Tanev, 35, has two assists and a plus-five rating while averaging 17:20 of ice time. Now in his second season with the club, the blueliner was\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-acquire-rights-to-chris-tanev-from-dallas-stars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquired by Toronto<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/dallas-stars\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Stars<\/a>\u00a0at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, then signed a\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-sign-chris-tanev-to-six-year-4-5m-aav-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">six-year, $27 million contract<\/a>\u00a0that will pay him an annual average value (AAV) of $4.5 million through the 2029-30 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Through 16 NHL seasons, Tanev, a native of Toronto, has 36 goals and 174 assists for 210 points, averaging 19:56 of ice time in 875 career regular-season games with the Maple Leafs, Stars,\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/flamesnation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">Calgary Flames<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/canucksarmy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\"><a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/teams\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Leafs are 8-9-2 with 18 points<\/a>, seventh in the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/teams\/standings\/2025\/division\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Division<\/a>. William Nylander <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/players\/stats\/skaters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">leads the team with 26 points<\/a>, including eight goals and 18 assists. As for John Tavares, he has 11 goals and 13 assists for 24 points, while Morgan Rielly leads the blue line with 15 points in 17 games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs\u2019 defenseman Chris Tanev has been placed on long-term injured reserve, according to a report from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-292326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}