Avalanche Opening Night: Why Colorado Should be Confident

Ok, the Frozen Fury debacle in which the Colorado Avalanche bowed to the Los Angeles Kings stung. The skaters only managed 14 shots on net, and backup goalie Reto Berra looked like a sieve at times. But, we have to remember to implement the Cinderella Rule that worked so well in the Why Not Us season — no feeling too high or too low after midnight.

Well, Saturday’s midnight is long past. Instead, we need to look ahead to opening night. Against the Minnesota Wild.

Now, last season the now-retired Daniel Briere remarked the team that could maintain its nerves would be the one to take the game. That was certainly true as our young core got shut out 5-0 in Minnesota, went mental and got shut out…