{"id":578964,"date":"2026-05-19T21:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/578964\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:18:14","slug":"sabres-likely-to-explore-moving-devon-levi-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/578964\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres Likely To Explore Moving Devon Levi \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last little while, there has been growing speculation<\/a> that the Buffalo Sabres will move on from netminder Devon Levi<\/a> relatively soon. Those rumors aren\u2019t going away anytime soon. Speaking on Coming In Hot<\/a>, Jeff Marek of the Daily Faceoff shared that the relationship between the Sabres and Levi is \u201cover\u201d.<\/p>\n

Specifically, Marek mentioned that the Ottawa Senators had recently reached out to the Sabres regarding Levi in the hopes that he could play in the backup role behind Linus Ullmark<\/a>. Marek opined that the Senators could reach out to Buffalo again this summer about the netminder\u2019s availability.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s rare for intradivisional rivals to engage in trading, the Senators and Sabres collaborated on a deal that sent Joshua Norris<\/a> to Buffalo and Dylan Cozens<\/a> to Ottawa last year. However, that trade was made when Kevyn Adams<\/a> was the General Manager of the Sabres, and it\u2019s unknown if Jarmo Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen<\/a> will have the same appetite to make intradivisional swaps.<\/p>\n

Regardless, it would make sense for Buffalo to make Levi available in trade talks this summer. The Sabres already have the tandem of Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen<\/a> and Alex Lyon<\/a> signed through next season, and will presumably retain Colten Ellis<\/a> as the third-string option unless they decide to expose him to the waiver wire in September.<\/p>\n

For the past two years, Levi has almost exclusively played for the AHL\u2019s Rochester Americans. Overall, he has maintained solid production, but can be relatively streaky at times. Throughout the past three years, he has managed a 64-39-22 record in 120 AHL contests with a .914 SV% and 2.52 GAA, including 10 shutouts. Additionally, he has a 17-17-2 record in 39 NHL games with a .894 SV% and 3.29 GAA.<\/p>\n

In the podcast, Marek suggested that the relationship between Buffalo and Levi has declined, given the initial excitement the team expressed when signing him and the lack of extended NHL opportunities since then. Since he\u2019s signed through next season at an $813K salary, Levi doesn\u2019t have much say in the matter, but would likely welcome any change of scenery that comes with more NHL playing time.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the Edmonton Oilers immediately come to mind as a team that should inquire about Levi should the Sabres make him available. Although the Oilers are desperate, it\u2019s unlikely that Buffalo will force them to part with significant capital, given that not many teams are looking for goaltending improvements this summer. Yes, the Oilers desperately need goaltending help, but the Sabres don\u2019t have much flexibility to start a bidding war with other teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the last little while, there has been growing speculation that the Buffalo Sabres will move on from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[229,4109,5,4,72,25,5157,73],"class_list":["post-578964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa-senators","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-devon-levi","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-ottawasenators","tag-senators"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116603329213488507","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}