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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. 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Dumping it off and receiving the ball again off a curl, he would miss his first shot since tearing a tendon in his groin during a loss to Dallas on Nov. 28. It was the only jumper hed miss during a promising six-minute, first-quarter stretch. If the 25-year-old was working off any rust following a 21-game absence, he certainly didnt show it in his long-awaited return to Torontos lineup. Logging nearly 29 minutes, a few more than his predetermined cap for the night, DeRozan scored 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting. He brings a calm about it and not only that, he makes great decisions, Dwane Casey said after the win. When things get helter-skelter, when we call a play, one of the plays weve been running for a while or whatever it is, theres a calmness about him. DeRozan looked like his old self - confident, decisive and active. On his second shot of the night, he came off a screen and drained a step-back 14-footer. Later in the frame he split the defence and got to the rim for an uncontested layup. Even when he wasnt scoring, his presence was felt. Doubled in the corner, DeRozan made a difficult diagonal pass to Patrick Patterson who found Greivis Vasquez for a floater in the lane. [It was] very comfortable, said Kyle Lowry, happy to have his backcourt partner back on a night in which the point guard recorded 18 points and 12 assists. [He got] some guys some open shots, [took] some attention off me, and its always good when you get your all-star back, a guy who can get 20 points on 14 shots in such an efficient way. Despite some standout performances from his teammates while he was out - Lowry and Patterson early on, Jonas Valanciunas and James Johnson recenttly - the Raptors have missed DeRozans knack of sucking in the defence, on top of his improving ability to make plays out of those situations.dddddddddddd I think the one thing that has helped us is giving guys confidence they can play without him, Casey said ahead of Wednesdays game. It should have given [Terrence Ross] more confidence, [Johnson] more confidence to play and everybody else a comfort level of moving the ball and defending without him out there. Toronto went 12-9 in his absence, 11 of those wins coming against sub-.500 competition while six of the losses came in seven games versus winning teams. No one knew exactly what to expect from DeRozan after such a long layoff. Activated just ahead of tip-off after being labeled a game-time decision for most of the day, DeRozan seemed to take Caseys advice and ease his way into action, never forcing his game. The key thing with him, Casey had said, is to come out, be himself, do what he can, blow it out, get the rust off the pipes and let the chips fall where they may. I play slow anyway, DeRozan joked, shortly after Casey referred to his outing as an old-man game. [My conditioning was] better than what I thought it was, honestly. I thought I was going to be out there huffing and puffing but I felt good. The Raptors outscored Philadelphia by 18 points with DeRozan on the floor Wednesday, bested by two in the 19 minutes he spent on the bench. Casey felt comfortable allowing the sixth-year guard to exceed his pitch count by a few minutes because of how he was playing. And besides, DeRozan didnt make it easy on him, as expected. Once Im out there, I want to play, he admitted. I dont want to do anything thats going to jeopardize his health or re-injure it, lord forbid, again, Casey said. So if it looks like hes labouring or winded or whatever, were going to be smart about that. And if they give us a minute limitation than well go with that and make sure we try to stick with it. That way we can look out for his overall career and his health long term. Bringing him back against the seven-win 76ers gave them a chance to do that, reintegrating him into the lineup before a pair of challenging opponents - the first-place Hawks and improved Pelicans - come to town over the weekend. Casey and the Raptors will undoubtedly lean on him more in those upcoming contests and well get a better sense of where this team is at now that they have their star back. ' ' '