Tucker staying with Leafs for four more years

Darcy Tucker has grown accustomed to large media scrums during his years with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yesterday, here at the Bell Centre, he had to work at containing his enthusiasm.

It has long been a policy of the Maple Leafs not to comment on unofficial reports, and news that Tucker had agreed, in principle, to a four-year contract extension worth US$12-million was all the rage at the club's morning skate. Coach Paul Maurice toed the party line when suggesting, with a wry smile, that any Leafs news is reported to him via his Black- Berry, and that "? nothing has come across so far this morning."

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