The Philadelphia Flyers have made their first selection of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft and it is large, powerful winger Porter Martone out of the OHL’s Brampton Steelheads.
Through 57 games for the Steelheads last season, Martone scored 37 goals and 98 points, which led his entire team and ranked him seventh in the entire OHL. His 98 points was also just second to Michael Misa among all draft-eligible players in the league and in the last 10 years, is the seventh-highest amount of points a draft-eligible skater was able to score.
Martone is not your average 6-foot-3 winger and he doesn’t play the game you expect from a prospect with his frame. Yes, he can use his size to physically impose other players and drive to the high-danger areas of the offensive zone, but he is much more of a soft-skill player than his appearance gives you.
Additionally, just as an added bonus, Martone has been described as one of the strongest leaders of this class. Mature beyond his years, he is already captaining his OHL team and was even able to earn a roster spot on Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships this past spring. And on that Canadian team just so happened to be three of his new teammates, in Travis Konecny, Tyson Foerster, and Travis Sanheim.
The Elite Prospects 2025 Draft Guide dives further into Martone’s complete game from the wing.
“Of the plethora of talented forwards in this draft, Porter Martone may have the highest-scoring upside of them all. Playing next to a dynamic, play-driving centre, we could see him translate his OHL scoring. While Martone is known as a power forward, it’s more accurate to describe him as a playmaker. It’s with his passing that he distinguished himself the most this season, landing some of the most impressive feeds we’ve seen. Made instantly off a catch and with a high level of anticipation, many of those would have been equally elite plays in the NHL. It all comes down to hockey sense. Displaying every aspect that we look for when grading that attribute, he finished with the The patterns of the game seem imprinted in his mind. Constantly scanning the ice and knowing his teammates’ tendencies, system’s rotations, and the expected movements of defenders, he stays connected with linemates, avoids coverage, and puts himself in advantageous spots to make the next play. He builds deft passing plays, moves ahead of the opposition, and preys on defenders’ and goalies’ expectations, manipulating them to open up great scoring possibilities.” –Elite Prospects 2025 Draft Guide
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