Huge surprise in tonight's opening ceremony!

Many fans were very disappointed!

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Huge surprise in tonight's opening ceremony!
Twitter - Montreal Canadiens

Tonight's the season opener at the Bell Center, in Montreal. Just like every year, there was a pre-game ceremony where all the players and coaches were presented to the crowd. However, we noticed a huge difference compared to other years' celebration.

As Dave Stubbs noted, the Habs were much more modest this year and cancelled a key part of the ceremony:


As a matter of fact, there was simply no passing of torch! This was certainly one of the fans' favorite moment, since we often had the opportunity to see Habs' legends pass the torch to the team's captain, like Jacques Demers did last year, for instance,

What did you think of the ceremony? Did the organization do enough?