Lemieux Family Honors Canadiens Great After Torch Ceremony

Claude Lemieux’s family is still weighing the weight of a tribute that landed just days before his death, and the Canadiens’ torch ceremony now carries a different kind of gravity. The family’s public note adds a personal layer to a story that already had old-school Montreal pageantry written all over it. In this league, ceremonies are supposed to celebrate a legacy, but sometimes they end up becoming part of the final chapter.