#5: Berra Can Stop Pucks
The Avs Nation and pundits alike seem to want backup goalie Reto Berra to fail. They call him huge but slow — lugubrious is a term used. Half of that is correct — he is huge in the net at 6-foot-4, 196 pounds. Maybe he just seems slow because so much of him is in motion at a time. In any case, the first scrimmage went into a shootout. And Big Berra stopped none other than Matt Duchene.
Duchene said after the first day of camp, “” one of the best shootout goalies I’ve ever played against.” Considering Duchene’s resume, that’s high praise.