I was going to talk about goaltending in light of some of the stuff that's going on in the league (Garon/Sabourin/Dubie swap, etc) and Kippers sub-par performance last night, but Matt goes after it first.
I would like to add, however, were I one of the chosen media members with access, the first question I'd ask Keenan is "do you honestly think this is the best method to manage Kiprusoff's starts?" and/or to follow-up "what exactly moderates your decisions when it comes to the starter?"...because I can't make heads or tails of that situation this year.
Calgary's recent schedule offered ample opportunity to get CuMac in the net: two games against the worst in the respective divisions recently as well as a back-to-back featuring the Coyotes and the even less impressive Colorado Avalanche. Hell, the team is well situated in the standings, meaning there's no real need to pursue wins by playing Kipper into the ground.
As it is, Im sure we'll see Kiprusoff again tonight, despite the B2B, the lesser opponent and recent abysmal performance. If this continues much longer, one suspects that Curtis will start dressing up a dummy in goalie equipment to sit in his stead at the end of the bench.
Anyways, onto the Avs. If you haven't been paying attention, Colorado has been getting some mileage out of Wolski/Smyth/Hejduk since Stastny went down, but the rest of the line-up is underwhelming to say the least. Arnason and Svatos are the next best weapons on the roster and goaltending has been - predictably - meh. Of course, they do have the best coach in the NW division...so at least they got that going for them.
Prediction - Flames 3, Avs 2. Iginla (has to happen sometimes, right?), Bourque and Regehr for Calgary. Wolski and Leopold for Colorado.
