By Launy "The" Schwartz
So why pick the last 26 years? As futile as the Leafs may appear, the Canadiens really aren’t much better. “Les Glorieux” are now “less glorious.”

By Launy "The" Schwartz
Here it is! The first episode of The Hockey54 Show heard on Sunday nights on 102.5 The Game in Nashville Tennessee.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
Let’s be clear: the only people Sidney Crosby has to answer to are the Penguins organization and Sidney Crosby.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
Monday September 21st, Gillette Drafted aired an episode in which I got kicked off the show, falsely accused of breaching confidentiality. I strongly and vehemently deny these false and damaging allegations. This is my official statement on the subject.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
At the beginning, it looked great. Price never seemed to get rattled. Perhaps the Canadiens found the right man to step out of the immortal shadow that still hung outside of the crease once occupied by number 33.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
I learned a long time ago that you can’t just focus on the negative, so let me start by validating the Montreal Canadiens.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
Allow me to introduce you to Winnipeg, Manitoba. And since you are reading this on H-54, you’ve got to know I’m talking about the Winnipeg Jets.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
@MapleLeafs (game), sittin’ in the press box. That’s Twitter lingo for, “We are at the Leafs game sitting in the Foster Hewitt Media Gondola.”

By Launy "The" Schwartz
Had Walter Gretzky decided Wayne should have been a competitive swimmer, and had Jean-Guy Lemieux figured Mario to be better off as a mathlete, Stephen Gregory would have been the defining player of his generation.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
Ten years. That’s how long it’s been since Wayne Gretzky skated effortlessly through opposing players in the NHL. The fans, League, and media have waited a long time for someone great to do the same. And they finally got someone great – who just rips the seams apart.

By Launy "The" Schwartz
Hockey is similar to a society. It has its own culture. It has rules. It has people who break the rules (and noses). Interestingly, the game’s rules breeds a certain culture found in few other team sports: the culture of fighting.