If There's One Thing That Can Turn The Philadelphia Flyers' Season Around, It's Grilled Cheese
There might not be any higher form of culinary excellence than an expertly crafted grilled cheese. You get that perfect level of crunchiness from the bread. You get that melty, gooey, deliciousness from the cheese. It's rich, smooth and buttery. It's perfection. And it's really one of the only foods which seemingly becomes better as the ingredients get less expensive. I still think the best way to go is the exact recipe you see above from "Chef". But it's hard to beat a few Kraft singles on white.
Either way, just think about how perfect a grilled cheese is. It has mastered the art of simplicity. No frills necessary. You can add a few slices of bacon or tomato if you want, but in its most basic form it is a consistently elite sandwich. Now I want you to think about what the polar opposite of a grilled cheese would be. I'd say something along the lines of a boiled dog shit sandwich. And that, my friends, is how I would describe the 2021-22 Philadelphia Flyers Men's Professional Ice Hockey Team. A boiled dog shit sandwich served with a kick in the nuts with every bite you take.
The future of this organization is bleak at best. The city of Philadelphia is at a point of total apathy towards the Flyers' existence. People aren't even mad that the team sucks anymore. They just forget they exist. If it weren't for Gritty, I don't think we'd ever see or hear from them again. HOWEVA....
This team may have concocted an idea that is so crazy that it might just work. Because to commemorate Claude Giroux's 1000th career game in the NHL, the team will be serving the Captain's favorite food throughout Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night.
Now as far as this season goes, it's over for the Flyers. They sit in 29th place in the league and are dead last in the Metro Division. I don't know if they're technically mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet, but I feel like that's coming pretty soon. But this could be the exact change this team needs right now.
For starters, you're going to have an easier time to get people to go to Flyers games if they can pay $5 for a grilled cheese instead of $37.99 for a pretzel and an order of crab fries. More fans in the building is always a good thing. Secondly, you're going to keep those fans in the building if you're able to keep Claude Giroux on the roster. I know that Claude deserves to get traded to a contender in the next few days here because he has earned another crack at the Cup. But an arena full of grilled cheese is going to be pretty tempting for the Captain. Perhaps more so than getting his name on the Cup. If you can keep Claude Giroux on the roster, you have a SLIGHT chance of still convincing free agents to sign in Philly. If you pick up the right guys, then maybe the Flyers will have a chance at being somewhat competitive again in the next 3 year instead of being complete and total garbage for the next 5-7.
I don't know. It just seems like this is the first good move the organization has made in a while, and sometimes all you need is one. If there's one thing I have faith in, it's the power of the grilled cheese. Saving the Flyers will be its toughest task to date, but I believe.