Avs Mailbag: Is it time to call up Calvin Pickard?

Calvin Pickard (Getty Images file)Denver Post sports writers Terry Frei and Mike Chambers post the Avs Mailbag every other Thursday during the regular season.

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I feel like the Avs are a better team than last year however, we are not getting good goal tending like we really need to be successful. Why not bring Calvin Pickard up and let him give us a boost?

— Dave, Thornton

They are a better team than last season, Dave, but Semyon Varlamov has — outside his 2-1 win at Tampa Bay — struggled, and the Avs aren't typically good enough to win the tight, third-period games.

Calvin Pickard won't be recalled unless Varlamov or Reto Berra are…