The Philadelphia Flyers are a good team with a young and talented core, and they seem to have their best days ahead of them. But the Pittsburgh Penguins are a better team with a younger and more talented core, and their best days are here and now (and probably ahead of them too).

For the third time in the last four seasons the Flyers have failed to advance past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And for the second year in a row, they’ve been ousted by the Pittsburgh Penguins. All the pieces seem to be in place for the Flyers - and to be fair, they were much more competitive against the Pens this season than last - but they’re golfing now and the Pens are moving on. What does this team need to get over the hump?

The Flyers needed to at least match their level of intensity from their game 3 victory in order to win game 4 and tie the series at 2-2. They did. But the series is still going back to Pittsburgh with the Penguins one win away from the second round.