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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - NHL Central Scoutings mid-season rankings are out, and to no ones surprise Connor McDavid is at the top.The Erie Otters centre is the runaway favourite to be selected first overall at the 2015 NHL Draft.Its cool, (but) it really doesnt mean anything, McDavid said. You dont dream about being ranked No. 1 at the mid-term rankings. Its all about whats down the line here and at the end of the day its all about what teams and what GMs have to say about you.Its hard to find bad things to say about McDavid, who has 60 points (21 goals and 39 assists) in 23 Ontario Hockey League games this season. He broke a bone in his right hand during a game in November but returned to action at the world junior hockey championship last month and helped Canada win a gold medal.McDavid was ranked ahead of American forward Jack Eichel (Boston University) in the list of top draft-eligible skaters from North America. Boston College defenceman Noah Hanifin, Kingston Frontenacs forward Lawson Crouse and Otters centre Dylan Strome rounded out the top five.I try not to look at that, but obviously its always there and youre always going to see it, said Crouse, who was also on Canadas gold-medal-winning world junior team. Its a privilege, but I still have to earn that spot.The OHLs leading scorer, Mitchell Marner of the London Knights, is ranked seventh.I think everyones (going to) kind of take a look at them, Marner said as he prepared to play in the CHL top prospects game Thursday. Everyone wants to know what the kind of placement is right now. I think its nice to see what place everyone is.Swedish defenceman Oliver Kylington was the top-ranked skater from Europe. Finnish right-winger Mikko Rantanen, who impressed at the world juniors, held the No. 2 position.Barrie Colts netminder Mackenzie Blackwood was the top-ranked North American goaltender. He is 20-7-1 this season with a 2.81 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in 29 appearances.Im excited about it, but theres still a lot of work to be done, Blackwood said. Nothings happened yet. It just means youre on the right track, so you just have to stick with it.The mid-season rankings feature the top 210 skaters and 35 goaltenders in North America as well as the top 112 skaters and 11 goaltenders from Europe.The 2015 draft will be held June 26-27 at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. Air Force 1 Cheap Wholesale .com) - The Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics both entered Wednesday nights game riding lengthy losing streaks. Air Force 1 Low Nz . Ramirez is still hitting behind Puig, only now they are in the third and fourth spots, and the change is starting to generate positive results for manager Don Mattingly. http://www.airforce1salenz.com/air-force-1-low-nz/mens.html . Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers were left fretting over an MRI on the stars left knee. 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Louis Cardinals won the World Series last season, but after losing first baseman Albert Pujols to free agency and manager Tony LaRussa to retirement, they opened the 2012 season in 12th spot in the TSN.(SportsNetwork.com) - The New Jersey Devils will try to avoid matching their longest losing streak of the season when they host the Ottawa Senators for Wednesdays clash at Prudential Center. The Devils are currently in an 0-2-2 slide, marking the franchises fourth losing streak of four games or longer this season. New Jerseys only five-game drought came during an 0-3-2 stretch from Nov. 22-Dec. 2. New Jersey suffered its latest setback Monday on Long Island, as the Devils fell to the New York Islanders in a shootout despite scoring the games first two goals. Marek Zidlicky and Scott Gomez scored in the first period for the Devils, but Josh Bailey and Matt Martin each tallied in the second and third to help New York send the game to overtime. Bailey also would provide the winning goal in the shootout to lift the Isles to the 3-2 decision. With the shootout knotted at 1-1 heading into the fifth round, Bailey was able to sneak a low shot between the pads of Keith Kinkaid, and Jacob Josefson missed the net on New Jerseys last chance. Kinkaid, a Long Island native, gave workhorse goaltender Cory Schneider a rare night off and stopped 31 shots in the loss. Well we got one point so start there and go home, said Gomez. Its no reason to get frustrated because we played well enough. Give them credit, they came back and its a good club over there. Jaromir Jagr had two assists in the loss, moving him past Steve Yzerman for sole possession of seventh all time with 1,065 helpers. Adam Oates is sixth with 1,079. Mike Cammalleri missed Wednesdays game with a bruised tailbone and the Devils forward is questionable for tonight. Cammalleri is leading New Jersey with 11 goals despite playing in only 23 of 32 games this season. Fellow forward Dainius Zubrus has sat out the last four games with a cut on his leg and is considered day-to-day. Schneider is expected to return to the New Jersey crease toonight.dddddddddddd He is 2-0-1 with a 1.26 goals against average in three career games against the Senators. The Devils, who have played an NHL-low 11 games on home ice this season, are kicking off a four-game stay at the Prudential Center tonight. New Jersey is 3-4-4 as the host this season. New Jersey is 1-0 against the Senators this season after posting a 3-2 overtime victory in Ottawa on Oct. 25. Jagr registered the OT winner in that meeting, while Schneider turned aside 33 shots for the win. Ottawa has claimed five of seven overall in this series, but the Devils have taken three of five and nine of the last 12 encounters in the Garden State. The Senators have gone 1-1-1 so far under Dave Cameron, who took over for fired head coach Paul MacLean last week. Ottawa hopes to give Cameron his second NHL victory tonight when its completes a three-game road trip. Ottawa rallied to earn a point from its most recent outing, Mondays 5-4 shootout loss in Buffalo. The Sens jumped out to a 1-0 lead early in the first period, but the Sabres scored the next three goals to go ahead 3-1 by the early stages of the second. Ottawa would answer with three unanswered goals of its own to grab a 4-3 edge at 5:04 of the third, but Brian Flynn scored for Buffalo with 3:29 remaining in regulation to send the game to OT. Matt Moulson eventually delivered the win for the Sabres by scoring the lone goal of the shootout. Curtis Lazar scored his first NHL goal in the back-and-forth affair, while Alex Chiasson tallied a goal and an assist for the Sens, who delivered Camerons first victory in Saturdays shootout win in Boston. Robin Lehner stopped 29 pucks in the losing effort. Craig Anderson will start tonights game and owns a 7-2-1 mark and a 2.05 GAA in his career against New Jersey. Ottawa lost for the fifth time in six away games on Monday and fell to 6-8-3 as the guest this season. ' ' '