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 Peter 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 embarrassed.

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.