Porter Martone is headed to the Flyers. The team's top prospect signed his three-year entry-level contract Sunday.
The Flyers Talk crew discusses the likelihood of Porter Martone making his NHL debut this season and how important the prospect is to the team’s future.The deal begins this season. Martone's NHL debut could come next week, as early as Tuesday when the Flyers visit the Capitals .
The club then comes home Thursday for a matchup with the Red Wings . Martone is a 6-foot-3 winger with a multifaceted game. He can score from the areas in which you need offense, he sees the ice well and he plays with a competitive spirit. As a 19-year-old freshman this season, Martone put up 50 points in 35 games for Michigan State. He had no points in just six of those 35 games. He finished with 15 multi-point games, 124 shots and a plus-24 rating. "To see his maturity, the way he handles himself around the group, even around you guys — he's a pretty comfortable kid as far as that,"Martone's one-year college career ended Saturday night when the Spartans were upset by Wisconsin in the regional final of the NCAA Tournament. Martone will join a Flyers team that has made things. With 10 games to go, the club entered Sunday three points back of the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot and four out of third place in the Metropolitan Division.Martone is familiar with some of his new Flyers teammates. He played with three of them on Team Canada last May at the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. General manager Danny Briere sought out Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim as he did his final homework on Martone ahead of the draft.."I said, 'That's a guy you can work with, that's a guy that's going to compete, that's a guy that's willing to learn, become a pro, play the right way.' You don't really always get that information before the draft. And then on top of that, I mean, I think he can develop into a really special player." Wayne Simmonds scouted Martone four to five times at the junior level last season. The former Flyers winger was surprised the power forward fell to No. 6 in the draft.The Flyers undoubtedly need more answers at the center position, but they have a lot of promise on the wing. Martone is a right winger like Matvei Michkov and can play on the left, as well. "Porter, with his skill set, I think he could probably play the off side, certainly on the power play," Flahr said last June."It should be a pretty good tandem. But whatever side he's on, I'm pretty sure he's more than capable." Konecny, Michkov, Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster lead the Flyers' charge on the wing. The club also has Alex Bump, Denver Barkey and Nikita Grebenkin already making an impact.
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