Melbourne really don't need him, they need KP players.
Do they?
Going forward:
FB: Tom McDonald (24*, 194cm 101kg)
CHB: Oscar McDonald (20, 196cm 94kg)
CHF: Sam Weideman(19, 195cm 93kg)
FF: Jesse Hogan (21, 195cm 104kg)
Floating: Jack Watts (25, 196cm 94kg)
Other:
Max King (21, 200cm 96kg) - also ruck
Mitch King (19, 199cm 90kg) - also ruck
Chris Dawes (28, 193cm 104kg)
Cam Pedersen (29, 193cm 96kg)
Sam Frost (23, 193cm 92kg)
Liam Hulett (19, 193cm 89kg)
Lynden Dunn (29, 192cm 102kg)
Colin Garland (28, 191cm 92kg)
Even taking out Dawes, Garland, Dunn and Pedersen, which won't happen all at once, that's 7 genuine KPP types and 2 ruck/fwds, along with big Max Gawn.
I'd say they're OK for the moment.
To put it into some perspective, even stretching it to blokes like Roberton, Gilbert, Dempster and Payne who
can play as KPPs, but aren't really, going forward we have:
FB: Hugh Goddard (20*, 196cm 98kg)
CHB: Jake Carlisle (24, 198cm 102kg)
CHF: Josh Bruce (24, 197cm 102kg)
FF: Paddy McCartin (20, 194cm 95kg)
Floating: Nick Riewoldt (33, 193cm 96kg)
Others:
Nick Coughlan (20*, 193cm 84kg)
Tom Lee (25, 194cm 95kg)
Luke Delaney (27, 194cm 98kg)
Dylan Roberton (25, 194cm 94kg)
Sam Gilbert (30* 194cm 90kg)
Brenton Payne (20*, 193cm 87kg)
Sam Fisher (34, 191cm 95kg)
Sean Dempster (32, 191cm 87kg)
I wouldn't call that a
vast gulf between the two TBF.