The Philadelphia Flyers have one of the best prospects in hockey, and the rest of the pool isn\u2019t too shabby either.<\/p>\n
Elite Prospects revealed its top 100 NHL-affiliated prospects<\/a> ahead of the upcoming 2025-26 season on Wednesday morning. The Flyers were bound to have multiple youngsters on the list, and it\u2019s no surprise that this year\u2019s sixth overall pick is one of the best prospects in the league right now.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at which Flyers prospects made the list \u2014 and where \u2014 and what Elite Prospects had to say about them.<\/p>\n 4. Porter Martone<\/p>\n Porter Martone understands hockey at a deeper level than most. He knows where to be, how to move, and where to pass to break the opposition\u2019s coverage and score. Not only does he have all the necessary tools to play in the NHL, but his hockey sense grades as elite. If he can become more physical and add pace to his game, he should become a top-line play-driver.<\/p>\n Elite Prospects<\/p>\n It\u2019s no surprise that Elite Prospects is high on Martone. They had him ranked at No. 3 in their 2025 NHL Draft guide, behind only Matthew Shaefer and Michael Misa, and it wouldn\u2019t have surprised anyone if the Chicago Blackhawks ended up taking him third overall.<\/p>\n But, once again, the Flyers had one of the best talents in the draft fall to them outside of a top-five pick.<\/p>\n Martone likely could\u2019ve held his own in the NHL in the upcoming season, but there\u2019s no need for the Flyers or the player himself to rush his development. The option to take the NCAA route opened up just in time for Martone, who explained his decision to play at Michigan State this season<\/a>. He\u2019s looking to become one of the best players in Flyers history to come through the NCAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n While there\u2019s no real precedent for a player making the jump from the CHL to the NCAA<\/a>, Martone should be fun to watch with the Spartans this season.<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting that James Hagens, one of the centers the Flyers passed on to draft Martone, is ranked at No. 9, with Jake O\u2019Brien (22) and Brady Martin (24) down in the 20s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 30. Jett Luchanko<\/p>\n Jett Luchanko has a clear path to a top centre role in the Philadelphia Flyers\u2019 lineup. Already a mature defensive player, aware passer, and high-end skater, he should be able to build chemistry with some of the team\u2019s more creative players, helping him to further develop his offensive skills. Luchanko added more deception to his passing this season. The next step is developing his scoring skills from afar and near the net. A high-floor prospect, he could push his upside over the next season and become a second-line pivot candidate.<\/p>\n Elite Prospects<\/p>\n It\u2019s good to see Luchanko get some respect after many were surprised by the Flyers\u2019 decision to take him at 14th overall last year. He didn\u2019t overly impress on a weak Guelph Storm team last season (21 goals, 35 assists in 46 games), but his tools are going to translate really well to the NHL level.<\/p>\n Luchanko has a real chance to make the Flyers out of training camp once again this season, but stick around for the full year this time. There\u2019ll be a healthy competition in camp this time around, though, after the Flyers added Trevor Zegras and Christian Dvorak in the offseason.<\/p>\n But yes, the player that the Flyers (and several other teams) had the opportunity to draft but traded down, Zeev Buium, is ranked at No. 7 on this list. Who knows how he\u2019ll pan out, but these two prospects will be linked throughout their careers.<\/p>\n 82. Oliver Bonk<\/p>\n Oliver Bonk knows the ins and outs of the London Knights system, when to close his gap, engage opponents, where to break out pucks, and how to activate to fuel the team\u2019s steamrolling offence. He even learned how to play the bumper on the power play, inflating his production significantly. But now Bonk has to learn to play outside of the powerhouse\u2019s structure. To earn a top-four NHL role, he will need to further develop his motor and defensive details.<\/p>\n Elite Prospects<\/p>\n After Martone and Luchanko in the top 30, the Flyers drop all the way down to No. 82 for their next prospect in Oliver Bonk.<\/p>\n Bonk is the Flyers\u2019 top defensive prospect and, quite frankly, one of their only blueliners with top-four upside. His scoring took a hit last season, down to 40 points (24 at even-strength) in 52 games from 67 (33 at even-strength) in 60 games the year prior.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll get a chance to see how Bonk plays at the professional level this upcoming season, but it\u2019s not expected for him to see any significant time in the NHL until he gets some more seasoning.<\/p>\n 84. Alex Bump<\/p>\n No one shot the puck more than Alex Bump did in college, firing over ten towards goal per game. With that volume, it shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise that he\u2019s goalscorer. He cuts inside off the rush for curl-and-drag shots, creates space for wristers down the wing, and arrives in space at the perfect moments. He\u2019s also a playmaker, using the threat of his shot to set up chances. Over the years, Bump has added more physicality and pace, but the latter still remains the biggest hole in his game. If he attacks with his feet moving more often, he could become a middle-six scorer.<\/p>\n Elite Prospects<\/p>\n The most surprising Flyers prospect to make the top 100 has to be Alex Bump. The 2022 fifth-round pick (133rd overall) has shot up the rankings in recent years thanks to a few great seasons at Western Michigan.<\/p>\n He put up 36 points (14 goals, 22 assists) in 38 games during his freshman season, and then jumped up to 47 points (23 goals, 24 appoints) in 42 games while wearing the \u201cA\u201d and winning the national championship with the Broncos.<\/p>\n Bump turned pro at the end of last season, scoring three goals and adding two assists for nine total games (two regular-season, seven playoffs) with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. By all accounts, he looked too good to be at development camp<\/a> and has a real shot to make the Flyers this season<\/a> \u2014 although the recent Tyson Foerster news definitely impacts that<\/a>. <\/p>\n Honorable Mentions: Jack Murtagh & Shane Vansaghi<\/p>\n Flyers second-round picks Jack Murtagh (40th overall) and Shane Vansaghi (48th) also got a mention at the end of the rankings. <\/p>\n No one would expect a second-round pick from a draft that happened less than two months ago to crack the top 100, but a strong season from Murtagh or Vansaghi could catapult them there in midseason rankings or by next summer at the very least.<\/p>\n Murtagh is headed to Boston University this fall while Vansaghi enters his sophomore season at Michigan State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Flyers have one of the best prospects in hockey, and the rest of the pool isn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-97549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}