Devon Levi Pro Read - Importance of Never Relaxing With Puck in Zone_

Importance of Never Relaxing With Puck in Zone

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Devon Levi is coming off a 35-save shutout for Rochester in the American Hockey League playoffs, improving his admittedly small sample two-game post-season save percentage to .968, so now felt like a good time to go back to the Buffalo Sabres puck-stopping prospect.

Not that we should need an excuse given how good Levi is in this format. We certainly don’t want to waste any of his great insights from our extended sit down two summers ago, and this is the final Pro Reads breakdown from that video session in Montreal.

THE SEQUENCE

In this video review, Levi is facing the Columbus Blue Jackets and a rush-style chance that originates off a Sabres turnover just inside the Buffalo blue line:

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Looking at that freeze frame above, what factors stand out as potentially having the biggest impact on this play? Is it the puck carrier, the player to his left, or the one driving to the net (No. 93, Jakub Voracek)? What do you make of Levi’s depth at this point?

With the puck in the high slot, in what way is Voracek most dangerous going to the net?

Make a list of 4 different ways Voracek can affect this play?

THE SAVE

This is a bit of a hard play to isolate with additional freeze frames, so let’s go to the video and as you watch this play out, ask yourself the same questions as above.

Was the final scoring chance for Voracek one you had listed before watching the video?

What did you notice about how Levi handled this situation once he was in the frame?

THE PRO READ

Now let’s hear from Levi on how he saw and managed this chance:

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