Jack Todd: Mike Keane built Habs' model for Brendan Gallagher captaincy

It was Dec. 8, 1995 — a mild, sunny morning in Denver. The snow-capped Rockies gleamed in the distance. The Canadian winter was a thousand miles away.
The night before, we had watched Patrick Roy, whose head must have been spinning, lose his first start for the Avalanche, a 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers five nights after his disastrous final game for the Canadiens. Roy was the story, but the only thing I can remember about the game was a fight in which Colorado’s Chr