It'll be a summer to stew for Bob Hartley and the Calgary Flames.

The Flames coach met the Toronto media Monday, and though his team, much like the Maple Leafs, is young and building toward something, he doesn't share in a similar uplifting outlook felt throughout the opposing rink.

"It's going to be a long summer. An awfully long summer," he said. "No one will say they're proud about our season."

The Flames had expectations bestowed upon them after a season spent defying the underlying numbers, and using myriad third-period comebacks (and a down season from the Los Angeles Kings) to earn the third seed in the Pacific Division.

They're on a bit of a roll now, collecting seven points in their last four games, and are just one point behind the Arizona Coyotes for fourth in the division.

But progress, at this point, only means fewer tickets at the draft lottery.

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