Bet the House: Reto Berra

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsWelcome back to a summer series taking a look at what the next season holds, one player at a time. We're running it down numerically, which means today, incredibly, brings us Reto Berra.

Last season

The season-wide numbers last season for Reto Berra were reasonable on their face. Overall .918 SV%, .926% at even strength. Hey, that's decent for a backup right?

When we kind of inspect what happened on a game by game basis, a really mixed picture emerges. He only played 18 games, and only 10 of those were decisions. 10 of his 18 games, he had SV% lower than .900. For comparison's sake, Varlamov had 20 games below .900, out of 57 GP (56 decisions). Berra breaking .900…