{"id":530159,"date":"2026-03-29T23:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530159\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:48:17","slug":"flyers-gm-danny-briere-reveals-potential-date-for-porter-martones-nhl-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530159\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers GM Danny Briere reveals potential date for Porter Martone\u2019s NHL debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

After signing their 2025 first-round draft pick Sunday afternoon, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere hinted that if everything lines up and the necessary documentation is complete then Porter Martone will make his National Hockey League debut Tuesday night against the Capitals.<\/p>\n

Prior to the start of Sunday evening\u2019s game against Dallas, Briere spoke with the media over the recent signing<\/a>. And it sounds as if he\u2019s just as giddy as the fans and followers of the team seeing Martone in a Flyers uniform. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting, it\u2019s exciting for the organization to have him signed, to join our team coming down the stretch here where we\u2019re playing meaningful games and having a chance to be around that and see how the guys prepare, what it\u2019s like, how the intensity is playing meaningful games. And we\u2019ll see where it goes,\u201d the Flyers general manger said.<\/p>\n

Danny Briere on when he expects Porter Martone to make NHL debut<\/p>\n

As for an exact game when Martone would start, Briere said they \u201caren\u2019t closing down the window for Tuesday assuming everything goes according to plan.\u201d The general manager cited different paper work that needs to be done as well as doctor appointments. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hope Tuesday could be a game but we\u2019ll see,\u201d Briere said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to get too far ahead of myself. Right now we have a big game tonight against Dallas and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Briere didn\u2019t say exactly how Martone felt realizing his dream of an NHL career after losing in overtime in the NCAA playoffs a day earlier, Briere thanked Michigan State University and the coaching staff for Martone\u2019s development over the past season. He also stated that Martone and the Flyers came to an understanding at the start of his season of Michigan State that when his NCAA season concluded, the Flyers would be signing him. <\/p>\n

As for the player himself, Briere said the biggest change was in Martone\u2019s growth and size. <\/p>\n

\u201cPhysically, the way he\u2019s developed physically, that was the biggest reason for encouraging the move to NCAA this season, to have a kind of stepping stone from the OHL to the NHL, developing his body, getting stronger,\u201d Briere said. \u201cI think the amount of time he spent in the gym, you can see in his body how he\u2019s changed. It\u2019s almost going from a teenager to a man. And his play on the ice spoke for itself. We\u2019ve all seen what he\u2019s done and how dominant he was. He took a step too because playing against men in the NCAA there\u2019s a lot of strong players who are much older than the 16 and 17-year-olds in the CHL. It was a good stepping stone for him and we feel he\u2019s developed both physically and mentally. He\u2019s very close to being ready to be in the NHL and we\u2019ll see in the next few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martone not seen as savior this season<\/p>\n

One thing Briere stressed is that Martone\u2019s arrival isn\u2019t the saving grace the Flyers need to get into the playoffs. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys are realistic,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re not expecting Porter to come in and be a savior, far from that. For us it\u2019s giving him a chance to grow and get the experience of playing some meaningful games down the stretch the same way it is for guys like Barkey, Bump, Matvei, even guys like Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale who\u2019s never had the chance to really play in those type of games. So it\u2019s a tremendous experience for all our players. So for the Bumps, and Barkeys and now adding Porter to that group, it\u2019s really good for the growth of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier today, prior to tonight\u2019s game against Dallas<\/a>, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet was non-committal as to when Martone would play his first game. Tocchet said Briere would be the one to speak to regarding it which he did. But the head coach was happy that the team was going to have Martone in the lineup for a few good reasons. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell the expectations are just the way he plays the game,\u201d Tocchet said. \u201cJust having a guy like that instilled in our lineup. I\u2019m not going to put the tag on him but somebody was talking about a Corey Perry type, those type of guys. Those (guys) are hard to find. So I\u2019m excited to have a guy like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only other Martone-related topic Tocchet addressed was seeing Martone lose in the NCAA playoffs. \u201cI feel badly for them losing, that was a team that I thought would go far, so I hate to see him, it sucks when you lose, and that team was really good so I feel bad for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a new challenge down the stretch, it\u2019ll be exciting to see how Porter Martone embraces the remainder of the Flyers\u2019 schedule. And where it might be heading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After signing their 2025 first-round draft pick Sunday afternoon, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere hinted that if…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5112],"tags":[1468,5,4,1467,56,5205],"class_list":{"0":"post-530159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-flyers","8":"tag-flyers","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","13":"tag-philadelphiaflyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116315141855569356","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}