Paul Grant of ESPN described it this way...

The night's opening ceremonies were a fridge stocked full of cheese, but none more cringe-worthy than the torch relay in Montreal. Not because it was a bad idea, but because it was anxiety personified, each calamitous step bringing those legends dangerously close to taking a header while carrying fire.

You can watch the ceremony below, bypass some of the introductions and at the 2:40 mark, the all-time Montreal greats begin appearing. I'm just glad Henri Richard stopped when he did.