Flyers select Porter Martone No. 6 overall in 2025 NHL Draft
The Philadelphia Flyers selected right winger Porter Martone of the OHL’s Brampton Steelheads with the sixth overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft Friday night at The Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
In doing so, they may have landed the top power forward in the class.
Martone, 18, is already 6-foot-3 and 208 pounds. He brings the type of intimidating physical play NHL teams crave in the playoffs. But his finesse traits are just as good if not better. He’s known to have excellent playmaking ability and hockey sense. That’s why he’s earned comparisons to the likes of Matthew Tkachuk and Corey Perry, power forwards who can play with nastiness but also have the ability to put up huge point totals in their prime years.
Martone scored 37 goals in 57 games for Brampton this season after scoring 33 in 60 last year, but his point total jumped from 71 to 98 as he really maximized his ability to find his teammates. He competed for Canada at the 2025 World Junior Championship and even got a chance to rub shoulders with NHLers at the 2025 World Championship last month. After Bo Horvat went down with an injury, Martone drew in as a replacement for Canada and saw two games of action, playing primarily with the St. Louis Blues’ Brayden Schenn and the Los Angeles Kings’ Phillip Danault. Martone was the only 2025 draft-eligible prospect to play in the tournament this year.
Martone’s skating isn’t considered an asset. It’s easily his weakest attribute. But if he can work on improving it in the next year or two, it shouldn’t hold him back, given all the other tools he brings.
“In terms of pure offense, there aren’t many that play like Martone,” said Daily Faceoff prospect analyst Steven Ellis. “He has arguably the best vision in the entire draft class and has some of the best offensive IQ, too. While his skating might be lacking and some scouts wish he’d be more physical, everyone agrees that he’s one of the smartest players in this draft class. He just understands the game and how to exploit opportunities. Martone will probably need to line up with a play-driving center to continue producing at the next level, but his ability to absolutely dominate with the puck – and impact the offensive zone without it – makes him so lethal. His skating is a work in progress, but I’m not too worried.”
Martone’s father, Mike Martone, was a defenseman and a Buffalo Sabres fourth-round pick in 1996, 106th overall. He never saw NHL action but played as high as the AHL and ECHL.
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