The Flyers snapped up Danick Martel after a stellar overage season in the QMJHL. Is the diminutive forward worthy of excitement?
It's difficult for a forward to be taken seriously as a prospect in his draft year when he averages an uninspiring 0.60 points per game. It's even more difficult when said forward stands only five foot eight inches tall and weighs less than 165 pounds.
So it's not a surprise that Danick Martel was ignored at the 2013 NHL Draft, and again in 2014. But a standout age-20 season for the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada finally got Martel noticed, at least by the Philadelphia Flyers.