{"id":952684,"date":"2026-10-31T03:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952684\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T03:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:56:15","slug":"leafs-tanev-says-all-signs-point-to-return-saturday-against-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952684\/","title":{"rendered":"Leafs\u2019 Tanev says all signs point to return Saturday against Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793418975_955_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Chris Tanev shows a referee blood on his fingers after being high-sticked by Ottawa Senators forward Drake Batherson during NHL playoff overtime in Ottawa on April 26, 2025. Tanev says all signs point to his return from an upper-body injury Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Justin Tang<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 30, 2026 | 3:06 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 Chris Tanev appears poised to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a boost against his former team.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old defenceman practised alongside Morgan Rielly on Friday in Vancouver as Toronto prepared to face the Canucks on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll signs are pointing that way for sure,\u201d Tanev said of his potential return.<\/p>\n<p>Tanev has been sidelined since suffering an upper-body injury in Toronto\u2019s 6-3 road win over the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 10. He took five shifts in the first period before leaving that game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Chris Tanev shows a referee blood on his fingers after being high-sticked by Ottawa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-952684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}