MONTREAL — At Bell Centre, there is a team that cannot wait for the N.H.L. playoffs to begin.
After tinkering for months and striving for the proper balance of style and substance, this team feels confident about entertaining the home crowd deep into June. The evidence, the team knows, will be found along the ice and on the scoreboard. But this is the time of year when its members anticipate proving — to themselves, to fans, to observers around the league — that they can handle these heightened expectations.
Because there is pressure in being a part of the Montreal Canadiens’ game presentation staff.