{"id":773956,"date":"2026-07-01T19:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773956\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:59:12","slug":"oilers-acquire-goaltender-devon-levi-from-sabres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773956\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers acquire goaltender Devon Levi from Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 24-year-old goaltender will arrive in Edmonton alongside a 2028 seventh-round pick, with the Oilers sending the Sabres back a third-round pick in 2028.<\/p>\n

TRADE \ud83d\udd04 <\/p>\n

The #Oilers<\/a> have acquired goaltender Devon Levi & a seventh-round selection in the 2028 NHL Draft from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Edmonton’s third-round pick in 2028. <\/p>\n

Levi, who has been considered one of the best goaltending prospects, was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the seventh round of the 2020 draft, and spent the following three years with the NCAA\u2019s Northeastern University, posting a 38-22-6 record, a .942 save percentage, and a 1.90 goals-against average. He never played for the Panthers organization, however, who traded him to Buffalo alongside a 2022 first-round pick in exchange for Sam Reinhart.<\/p>\n

He turned pro after the 2022-23 NCAA season, appearing in seven games for the Sabres. In the years since, he\u2019s bounced between the NHL and AHL, but spent the entire 2025-26 season with their minor-league affiliate, Rochester Americans, posting a 23-20-12 record, a .904 save percentage, and a 2.83 goals-against average. The Montreal, Que. native represented Canada at the 2021 World Juniors, posting a staggering 6-1 record, a .964 save percentage and a 0.75 goals-against average.<\/p>\n

Over the last four seasons, he\u2019s appeared in 120 AHL games, posting a 64-39-22 record, a .914 save percentage, and a 2.52 goals-against average, while in 39 NHL games, he\u2019s had a 17-17-2 record, a .894 save percentage and a 3.29 goals-against average. Oilers Now\u2019s Bob Stauffer reported<\/a> that Levi, who is 6-foot tall and 192 pounds, had \u201cexceptional advanced analytics,\u201d citing goals saved above average, over the last three AHL seasons with the Americans.<\/p>\n

The Sabres have had a logjam in the crease, often running a three-headed monster last season between Alex Lyon, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, and a 25-year-old Colten Ellis, leaving room for one of them to be traded.<\/p>\n

Reports surfaced in recent days that the Oilers were doing \u201creal research\u201d on Levi<\/a> during last weekend\u2019s NHL draft,\u00a0Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman reported, but there was uncertainty as to whether those talks had continued.<\/p>\n

Levi\u2019s contract fits well in Edmonton, as he\u2019s entering the second year of a two-year deal carrying an $812,500 cap hit.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s likely to expect Levi to share the workload in Edmonton\u2019s crease with Tristan Jarry after reports surfaced early Wednesday that the goaltender Connor Ingram was set to hit the free agent market.<\/p>\n

Zach Laing is Oilersnation\u2019s managing editor and The Nation Network\u2019s news director. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing<\/a>, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.PRESENTED BY THE DAILY FACEOFF FREE AGENCY SPECIAL\"\"<\/a>Daily Faceoff is your Free Agency Headquarters! Big moves. Breaking news. Instant analysis. Daily Faceoff is bringing the team together July 1st for a live Free Agency Special featuring Jeff Marek, Tyler Yaremchuk, Carter Hutton, and Dave Pagnotta. Tune in at noon ET on the Daily Faceoff YouTube Channel<\/a> and socials for full coverage as the NHL landscape changes \u2013 with the PuckPedia-powered signing tracker keeping you up to date on every deal as it happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 24-year-old goaltender will arrive in Edmonton alongside a 2028 seventh-round pick, with the Oilers sending the Sabres…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-773956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}