from Katie Strang of ESPN,

KATIE STRANG: We've seen some pretty drastic contrasts from the Leafs in terms of highs and lows. What do you make of how this season has gone?

CODY FRANSON: There were definitely areas of our game that we were trying to figure out early on, and I think we've done a good job of figuring those things out and continually improving on them. There's definitely games where we get away from what makes us successful and we get exposed a little bit, but I think we're maturing as a group in terms of rebounding from those and understanding what made us have trouble the night before.

STRANG: How much of that maturation is learning how to handle the type of scrutiny you endure in the Toronto market?

FRANSON: I think that's a big part. When things start going badly for us, we really feel it. I mean it's something that gets talked about a lot. It's tough to get away from it in Toronto, but we've got some older guys in our room now that are helping us out with that, and our group is continually getting better at it.

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