Chris Tanev misses another Maple Leafs game due to 'planned maintenance'

Controversy hit the Toronto Maple Leafs' lineup card once again Thursday, as defenseman Chris Tanev will be held out for the team's game against the Minnesota Wild.

The 36-year-old has been in and out of the lineup since Oct. 10, when he suffered an apparent upper-body injury, rumored to have come from a net-front collision with Colorado Avalanche forward Artturi Lehkonen.

Tanev returned on Halloween and has played in some of Toronto's recent games, but head coach Jim Hiller and general manager John Chayka have sat him from time to time for what has been described as "planned maintenance."

Tanev has not enjoyed the arrangement. "I don't agree with it, but I understand where he's coming from,"…