I'm not asking for Bob McKenzie's aggregate of scouts lists. I am asking for opinions of fans here, considering we are discussing opinions of fans in this thread, not how scouts ranked them. Can you show some proof of fans viewing him as top 5, even top 10, prior to games stopping? Besides, I remember that McKenzie's list was the only one that had Sanderson anywhere near the top 10. Every other list I remember didn't, not even the writers and analysts.
You also didn't answer my other question that you bolded in your initial response. Many of you started talking yourselves into this idea that he projected as the next Suter, McDonagh, Slavin after games stopped being played. Do you have any proof thats wrong? You called it fake news.
Not getting into whether or not Drysdale or Sanderson is a better prospect, both are great imo, but it seems your issue regarding Sanderson's draft stock is with the average fan becoming more aware of him after the stopage rather than based on the merits of his play.
The reality is the aggregate of posters for the most part will be a trailing indicator, the vast majority simply do not watch every USHL game, instead they relly on highlights, scouting reports and draft lists which become available over time. So Mckenzie drops a list with changes based on the last month of play, fans start looking up profiles, reports and highlights, maybe catch a pre recorded game of the guys that they hadn't considered prior, discussing those players more and slowly but surely the hf fan consensus is higher on a player than they were before.
The thing is, the guys who were watching the games are the ones driving the slow uptake of those who didn't, so why someone would be more concerned with a players draft stock among HF posters en mass rather than something like Mckenzie's list is a bit strange.
Aside from that, the jump wasn't across the board, McKeens had him 10th in Jan and Mckenzie had him 9th in Jan, and both moved him up for their final rankings based on play prior to the stopage.