Prospect Info: Devon Levi, G, Northeastern University (obtained in Reinhart deal) - Signed 3/17/23, Assigned 4/3/24

[Ace]

This was the clincher - the dude 6' of pure testes.

Do not listen to this man. Do not stay in school.

 

[Gabrielor]

Sign him the instant his season is done. Don't even wait for a good night's sleep.

 

[WhereAreTheCookies]

This was the clincher - the dude 6' of pure testes.

He didn't bench press the net, I'm disappointed.

 

[Chainshot]

All three saves in Bake's vid.

 

[Zman5778]

Goddammit Devon. Get here. Now.

 

[oldgoalie]

All three saves in Bake's vid.

PAY THE MAN!

 

[EichHart]

Sign him the instant his season is done. Don't even wait for a good night's sleep.

Hes so good, if he commits to our team long term we have very few holes.

 

[Zman5778]

Hes so good, if he commits to our team long term we have very few holes.

I am desperately trying not to let my hopes get too high for this kid........

 

[EichHart]

I am desperately trying not to let my hopes get too high for this kid........

Same, if he doesn't join the squad I'm going to need awhile to recover. I've rested all hopes on him.

 

[WhereAreTheCookies]

Same, if he doesn't join the squad I'm going to need awhile to recover. I've rested all hopes on him.

I seem to recall his best friend being Justin Hryckowian. Sign him to an ELC to play with Levi in Rochester. He's 2nd on NU in points (2nd in goals, 1st in assists), and his FO% is a bit over 59%. He's only 5-10 but he's almost 200 pounds, built a lot like Blake Coleman. Who knows maybe you find a decent bottom 6 forward, worst case you find someone to play a role in Roch.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

from NE....
Northeastern senior captain Aidan McDonough scored the only goal of the shootout and junior goalie Devon Levi stopped all three shootout shots he faced as the Huskies defeated Harvard to win their eighth Beanpot title.

McDonough beat Harvard goalie Mitchell Gibson between his right pad and blocker, while Levi forced Alex Laferriere wide in the Crimson’s final attempt.

After that, the celebration was on. The players flooded the ice, “Stacy’s Mom” rang out from the Northeastern pep band, and the TD Garden shook.

 

[dortt]

he'd be our best goalie right now

 

[Chainshot]

I seem to recall his best friend being Justin Hryckowian. Sign him to an ELC to play with Levi in Rochester. He's 2nd on NU in points (2nd in goals, 1st in assists), and his FO% is a bit over 59%. He's only 5-10 but he's almost 200 pounds, built a lot like Blake Coleman. Who knows maybe you find a decent bottom 6 forward, worst case you find someone to play a role in Roch.

Pretty sure Justin wants to play next year with his younger brother Dylan though. But it might not hurt to try.

 

[sabremike]

Do not listen to this man. Do not stay in school.

Bucci has the IQ of a goldfish and is the tertiary syphilis of hockey announcers. He's why I watch ESPN broadcasts on mute.

 

[Dubi Doo]

This was the clincher - the dude 6' of pure testes.

That was Miller-esque. Nice!

 

[TehDoak]

I'm excited about Levi.....but in the end, he's still a prospect goalie. He could be the next Ryan Miller, he could be the next Justin Pogge.

Having him pencilled in for anything other than the AHL at this point is premature.

 

[Jim Bob]

Scott Wheeler’s top 10 drafted NHL goalie prospects ranking, 2023 edition

The Athletic's Scott Wheeler ranks the league's top 10 drafted goalie prospects.

theathletic.com

4. Devon Levi, G, 21 (Buffalo Sabres — No. 212, 2020)
July 2022 rank: No. 5 (change: +1)

Levi had a season for the ages at Northeastern last year, posting a .952 save percentage across 32 games and winning both the Mike Richter Award as college hockey’s top goalie and the Tim Taylor Award as its top rookie. His journey from the CCHL to the world juniors and then the Olympics all during the pandemic was one of the best stories in hockey. He has been superb in his return to Northeastern behind a lesser Huskies team as a sophomore this year, too.

He has exactly the skills smaller goalies need to be successful. Impressive control on his outside edges (and the patience to hold them), quick feet on his shuffles so that he can stick with dekes and go post-to-post or low-to-high to get to tough pucks, perfect reads on shooters, excellent tracking through and under traffic, and a battler’s mentality in the net which keeps him in plays even when he looks like he’s down and out on his knees. There aren’t a ton of 6-foot goalies in today’s NHL, at least not starting ones, but Levi, like Calgary’s Dustin Wolf, has all of the tools to become one. I’m a believer.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Scott Wheeler’s top 10 drafted NHL goalie prospects ranking, 2023 edition

The Athletic's Scott Wheeler ranks the league's top 10 drafted goalie prospects.

theathletic.com

This kid is insane, you can see many of these traits in this sequence, let alone it was clutch.

 

[Matt Ress]

Made that shootout look easy. Can't wait to see a few gratuitous NHL games from him.

 

[Matt Ress]

This kid is insane, you can see many of these traits in this sequence, let alone it was clutch.

He seems to get into position very quickly. No drifting to the top of the paint. Very mechanical and predictable.

 

[old kummelweck]

 

[DapperCam]

Sabres bring up Levi to burn the first year of his ELC. Proceeds to go on a Binnington run and the Sabres win the cup (in my dreams).

 

[LetsGoBuffalo1126]

I know it was mentioned before, but that last SO save reminded me so much of Miller in that same circumstance. A beautiful push-off to his left, with the glove snugly resting on top of the pad for a beautifully-technical save. I love it.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[tsujimoto74]

I’m so excited for this kid. He just seems to have “it”.