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No change in ISS top five draft rankings, MacKinnon and Jones remain 1-2

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Nathan McKinnon, Seth Jones, Sasha Barkov, Jonathan Drouin and Sean Monahan retained their No. 1-5 spots, respectively, atop the ISS draft-eligible prospects ranking for December.

Following are the top 30:

1 - MacKinnon, Nathan - C - Halifax - QMJHL
2 - Jones, Seth - D - Portland - WHL
3 - Barkov, Sasha - F - Tappara - FinE
4 - Drouin, Jonathan - C - Halifax - QMJHL
5 - Monahan, Sean - C - Ottawa - OHL
6 - Lindholm, Elias - C - Brynas - SweE
7 - Nichushkin, Valery - F - Chelyabinsk Chelmet - RusS
8 - Shinkaruk, Hunter - C - Medicine Hat - WHL
9 - Nurse, Darnell - D - S.S. Marie - OHL
10 - Ristolainen, Rasmus - D - TPS Turku - FinE
11 - Zadorov, Nikita - D - London - OHL
12 - Lazar, Curtis - C - Edmonton - WHL
13 - Pulock, Ryan - D - Brandon - WHL
14 - Burakowsky, Andre - F - Malmo - SweAl
15 - Dickinson, Jason - F - Guelph - OHL
16 - Santini, Steve - D - USA Under18 - NTDP
17 - Hagg, Robert - D - Modo - SweJE
18 - Morrissey, Joshua - D - Prince Albert - WHL
19 - Erne, Adam - F - Quebec - QMJHL
20 - De La Rose, Jacob - C - Leksands - SweAl
21 - Lehkonen, Artturi- F - Kuopio - FinE
22 - Gauthier, Frederik - C - Rimouski - QMJHL
23 - Rychel, Kerby- F - Windsor - OHL
24 - Thompson, Keaton - D - USA Under18 - NTDP
25 - Kujawinski, Ryan - C - Kingston - OHL
26 - Bowey, Madison - D - Kelowna - WHL
27 - Fasching, Hudson - F - USA Under18 - NTDP
28 - Bailey, Justin - C - Kitchener - OHL
29 - Theodore, Shea - D - Seattle - WHL
30 - Morin, Samuel - D - Rimouski - QMJHL

According to ISS director of scouting Dennis MacInnis, “MacKinnon and Jones continue to stand above the rest of this class,” suggesting we may be in for another Taylor Hall-Tyler Seguin two-horse race for top pick.

Both MacKinnon (Canada) and Jones (USA) will be in Russia for the upcoming World Junior Championships.

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