chopperduck
Brownlow Medallist
So where are we at now? We started with 5 free list spots, Hanley and Green should be out the door making it 7 spots. Frost coming in along with Smith upgraded means we are back to 5. Assuming there aren't any other surprises now the Hawks deal is dead, we should be leaving 2 spots free for academy players, Watson and Alison i would imagine. Think we might try get any remainders via the rookie list. That means we are only taking 3 picks live at the draft. So after this Hanley trade goes through, we should be back to picks 3, 16, 21,22. Now again, assuming we are only going to take 3 live picks, that pick 22 is complete over kill for matching academy bids. 21 and 22 look perfectly primed to be packaged up for a higher pick and a lower pick.
Being a fairly even draft with good depth, we might find someone willing to do a deal. Maybe someone like WC might have a bite. Pick 12 (1268) and 54 for 21 & 22. WC have be linked to a few players, being able to split pick 12 into 2 early 20's picks might appeal. Trade 1 for a player they are after and still keep an early 2nd round pick. Or maybe even GWS, pick 15 (1112) and 51 (259) total (1371) pick 21&22 total (1723) Nice gain in points for picks that will be probably used on academy kids. We then go 3 15 16 and use 51 on our academy picks. It does also sound like there might be some later pick swapping in the Hanley trade, so we might pick up another late pick in that which will help as well. We do also still have 78, which might get used on Frost.
Being a fairly even draft with good depth, we might find someone willing to do a deal. Maybe someone like WC might have a bite. Pick 12 (1268) and 54 for 21 & 22. WC have be linked to a few players, being able to split pick 12 into 2 early 20's picks might appeal. Trade 1 for a player they are after and still keep an early 2nd round pick. Or maybe even GWS, pick 15 (1112) and 51 (259) total (1371) pick 21&22 total (1723) Nice gain in points for picks that will be probably used on academy kids. We then go 3 15 16 and use 51 on our academy picks. It does also sound like there might be some later pick swapping in the Hanley trade, so we might pick up another late pick in that which will help as well. We do also still have 78, which might get used on Frost.