2025 NHL Entry Draft Thread

[LGR4GM]

Martin getting more love. 

 

[Flashsabre]

Jason Bakula from a month ago:

No. 12: Brady Martin, C, 6-feet, 178 pounds, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 

NHL Projection: Top six forward. Relentless competitor. Deployed in all situations.

An argument can be made that Martin is the most competitive player in the entire draft class. He’s a relentless, leads-by-example forward for the Soo Greyhounds. In his most recent 10-game segment Martin produced 8G-11A while averaging over 24 minutes per game of ice time and being deployed in all situations. He finished the regular season with 33G-39A overall. 

Martin never cuts corners. He only weighs 178 pounds, but plays much bigger than his listed size. He finishes all of his checks, battles in the trenches, drives to the net and makes life generally miserable for opponents. 

sounds exactly like a former Sabres Captain

[LGR4GM]

Ran the split on Martin between his first half (first 28games) and his second half (34 games including playoffs). 

First 28 games: 0.536gpg, 1.12ppg

Final 34 games:  0.606, 1.32ppg

Martin did score more points in the second half of his season but it isn't a massive upswing. It is good too see though. 

[Weave]

1 hour ago, Flashsabre said:

Jason Bakula from a month ago:

No. 12: Brady Martin, C, 6-feet, 178 pounds, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 

NHL Projection: Top six forward. Relentless competitor. Deployed in all situations.

An argument can be made that Martin is the most competitive player in the entire draft class. He’s a relentless, leads-by-example forward for the Soo Greyhounds. In his most recent 10-game segment Martin produced 8G-11A while averaging over 24 minutes per game of ice time and being deployed in all situations. He finished the regular season with 33G-39A overall. 

Martin never cuts corners. He only weighs 178 pounds, but plays much bigger than his listed size. He finishes all of his checks, battles in the trenches, drives to the net and makes life generally miserable for opponents. 

sounds exactly like a former Sabres Captain

Sounds like Corey Perry.

Edited 23 hours ago by Weave
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[LGR4GM]

Brady Martin ranks 10th here. I'll be tossing my current rankings now and re-doing them from scratch. I do this to avoid anchoring.

What I've seen of Martin, he's got an NHL shot and he's smarter than your typical hits stuff guy. He's not dirty, he's just very skilled and using his body. The playmaking is fascinating to me and that's what's gonna make or break him as a top 6 center or a 3rd line 2way pk guy. Wheeler talks about Martin having a B and a C game to fall back on and I fully agree. 

I'm quickly warming up to Martin in the top 10. When I redo my board, there's a good chance he gets there. Anton Frondell ain't getting there though.