Avalanche-Coyotes: Game Preview

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date. It's only 15 minutes to game time and I'm just getting to a preview. Shouldn't Christmas time be less stressful as we all bask in the joy and goodness? Is it fired up again? My main thought is that I don't see the sense in starting Andrew Raycroft tonight. We're getting away from Tony Granato's original theory on how this goaltending rotation would work. It was abandoned when Budaj was on a winning streak—and I endorsed it. Now it seems with Budaj playing less than stellar, we've gone to a reward-based system for goaltending starts. I won't go much further into this until after the game ends, but I don't see Raycroft doing enough to steal playing time from Peter Budaj. No shutout, please. I didn't say anything after the Panthers win, because, to be frank, I was flipping embarassed. Shutout? By the Panthers? Come on now. If the Avs get shutout by the Coyotes tonight, I won't watch the Avs for the rest of the year. (link)