Levi’s pro career hasn’t lived up to the pedigree he built in his college years, but his career AHL save percentage is still .914. And while I’ve been in the minority in continuing to believe that he’s more than just a No. 3, I’m prepared to bet that he’ll finally take that next step with the Oilers. He’s still young by goalie standards, even if it feels like he has been around forever and hasn’t broken through at the NHL level.

He still has pretty much exactly the skills smaller goalies need to be successful. Impressive control on his inside and 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. Good hands. Excellent 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. There aren’t a ton of goalies his height in today’s NHL, at least not starting ones, but guys like Jet Greaves and Dustin Wolf have broken through, and I’m still not ready to count Levi out. The clock is now ticking after the trade, though.