Report: Leafs place Chris Tanev on long-term injured reserve
Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Chris Tanev has been placed on long-term injured reserve, according to a report from PuckPedia.
The #LeafsForever put Tanev on LTIR, gaining $3.82M of cap space.
After calling up Quillan, they have $3.3M cap space remaining in LTIRhttps://t.co/IzH5BMjF1X
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) November 18, 2025
Tanev has been out since Nov. 1 when he was injured during the Leafs’ matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers. After a collision with Flyers’ 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.
The following day, Tanev was released from hospital and placed on injured reserve.
It was Tanev’s first game back since suffering an upper-body injury during Toronto’s Oct. 21 game against the New Jersey Devils. He would be placed on injured reserve.
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 acquired by Toronto from the Dallas Stars at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, then signed a six-year, $27 million contract that will pay him an annual average value (AAV) of $4.5 million through the 2029-30 season.
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, Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks.
The Leafs are 8-9-2 with 18 points, seventh in the Atlantic Division. William Nylander leads the team with 26 points, 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.