ISS Draft Rankings: Top 5 remains unchanged as Ekblad tightens grip on top ranking

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Thatcher Demko - Boston College

Photo: Boston College goaltender and 2014 prospect Thatcher Demko has turned in a stellar freshman season between the pipes for the Eagles, a season that he and his teammates hope will end with a national championship (courtesy of Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images)

As the 2013-14 season progresses, the order at the top of the ISS Hockey 2014 NHL Draft rankings seems to have further solidified. Case in point: the top five prospects in the March rankings is the same order as the top five from the February rankings.

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HF Prospect of the Month for February, 2014

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Philippe Desrosiers - Dallas Stars

Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers is the Hockey’s Future Prospect of the Month for February after posting a 9-0 record and 0.94 goals against average with Rimouski Oceanic. (courtesy of Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)

Rimouski Océanic goaltender and Dallas Stars prospect Philippe Desrosiers is the Hockey's Future February Prospect of the Month. A second round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, Desrosiers went 9-0, allowed only eight goals, and established a new QMJHL record with three consecutive shutouts.

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ISS Draft Rankings: Ekblad, Reinhart still 1-2 in the 2014 draft rankings

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Aaron Ekblad - Barrie Colts

Photo: Barrie Colts defenseman and 2014 prospect Aaron Ekblad is scoring at a point-per-game pace so far in the 2013-14 season, posting 19 goals and 24 assists in 43 games (courtesy of Terry Wilson/OHL Images)

ISS Hockey has released their February rankings for the 2014 NHL Draft, with the upper portion of those rankings looking very familiar.

The top six prospects from last month's rankings are the same six players holding down those slots in this month's list. And in fact, the players are ranked exactly as they were in January, so the ISS view of the draft's top prospects seems to be more settled as the 2013-14 regular season heads towards its conclusion.

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Morin tops list of NHL-drafted defenders in the QMJHL

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Samuel Morin - Philadelphia Flyers

Photo: Rimouski Oceanic defenseman and Philadelphia Flyers prospect Samuel Morin saw action with the Flyers during the 2013 preseason after having been drafted by the club 11th overall at the 2013 NHL Draft (courtesy of Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Although recent graduates of the QMJHL include defensemen like Simon Despres and David Savard, as well as up-and-coming prospects like Xavier Ouellet and Nathan Beaulieu, the league does not have a reputation as being a breeding ground for defenders.

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HF Prospect of the Month for January, 2014

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Eric Comrie - Winnipeg Jets

Photo: Goaltender Eric Comrie is the Hockey’s Future Prospect of the Month for January after posting an 8-2-0-1 record and 1.35 goals against average. Comrie was selected in the second round of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Winnipeg Jets. (courtesy of Marissa Baecker/Getty Images)

Tri-City Americans goaltender and Winnipeg Jets prospect Eric Comrie is the Hockey's Future Prospect of the Month for January. Comrie is coming off a dominant month of hockey in January, where he went 8-2-0-1 in 11 appearances while allowing only 15 goals.

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  1. Ivan Barbashev
  2. Nikolaj Ehlers
  3. Vaclav Karabacek
  4. Nicolas Aube-Kubel
  5. Emil Aronsson
  6. Clark Bishop
  7. Julien Nantel
  8. Daniel Audette
  9. Mason McDonald
  10. Julio Billia
  11. Alexis Vanier
  12. Kurt Etchegary
  1. Scott Oke
  2. Eric Brassard
  3. Sebastien Auger
  4. Nikita Jevpalovs
  5. Anthony DeLuca
  6. Denis Gorbunov
  7. Philippe Gadoury
  8. Cameron Darcy
  9. Daniel Walcott
  10. Matt Murphy
  11. Jacob Sweeney
  12. Vladimir Tkachyov
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