Last year we cut deeper than I thought we would. But I was also surprised that we traded 4 players in, which meant that we only drafted Logue, Cox, Darcy and Ryan onto the main list.
Nyhuis, DeLuca and Grey have all been upgraded this year. I would expect at least two of them to be elevated at the draft.
If we manage to get one or two trades in from other clubs, then we can delist 7 to 9 players and still only draft 4 youngsters to the main list. Not that deep at all.
Yarran, Dawson, Griffin, Ibbotson, Ballantyne, Balic, Johnson, Clarke and Suban could all be gone, and if any of those players are re-signed (most likely Ballas, Johnson, Suban and maybe Clarke), then some of the younger guys like Sheridan, Crozier, Tucker, Langdon or Collins may get us some picks in the later rounds. Or Danyle Pearce may be delisted despite having a year left on his contract.
I think the delistings will be just as brutal this year as they were last year.