Mid-life crisis?

After watching the Winter Classic I'm a little concerned with the Flyers inability to put 3 periods together and close out games. I love the 2-0 record against the pens but I'm a little concerned about the 0-3 record against the rags. I thought they looked great in the 2nd, aggressive forechecking, constant pressure, which resulted in 2 goals in the span of a minute or so. How they let that momentum slip through their fingers is beyond me. Not to take anything away from Mike Rupp, but the guy had 1 goal on the year coming into the game. His first goal was decent, using meszaros as a screen and firing it past BOB glove side, but the 2nd one? Weak positioning by BOB and a goal that never shouldve happened.
And then the penalty shot.....don't get me started. How many times will you ever see an opportunity like that in a game of this magnitude?! I find it hard to believe that a guy with a thousand moves in his bag of tricks decides to simply go 5 hole on lundqvist. Dudes world class, you're gonna have to do a little better than that. On behalf of Philly, we're not upset just that you missed, were just disappointed with the attempt. You're better than that Briere. Start earning your money like you did last year and don't forget that Claude is carrying this team and making about half as much as you in the process.