I hope he told the Avalanche organization the truth (eg he's innocent) and they believe him and that's why they're starting him.
If he's guilty and lied to the Avalanche, starting him will reflect pretty badly on the organization, so I hope they know what they're doing.
Everyone that follows the team knows the turn around is mostly due to great goaltending from Varly and Giggy. They have 3 million invested into him this year. The court system will punish or give innocence to the person. The orginization has no reason to punish him. It is not like he smoked a little legal marijuana. :-D