List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition

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Players out of Contract 2025 (12)

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• Oscar Allen (19/3/99) - Signed a 3 year extension (2023-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2022 in May 2021
• Campbell Chesser (27/4/03) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2023 in May 2022
• Tom Cole (28/5/97) - Signed a 3 year extension (2023-25) in May 2022
• Rhett Bazzo (17/10/03) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2023 in September 2022
• Jayden Hunt (3/4/95) - Signed a 3 year contract (2023-25) in October 2022
• Callum Jamieson (31/7/00) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in March 2023
• Jamie Cripps (23/4/92) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in August 2023
• Jack Petruccelle (12/4/99) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in August 2023
• (R) Loch Rawlinson (1/6/05) - Signed a 1 year extension (2025) in September 2024
• (R-B) Coen Livingstone (25/5/05) - Signed a 1 year extension (2025) in September 2024
• (R-B) Malakai Champion (17/5/06) - Automatic 1 year contract (2025) when added as a Cat B Rookie in November 2024
• (R) Jacob Newton (20/3/06/) - Automatic 6 month contract (2025) when drafted in May 2025

Provisional 2025 Draft order

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[Jumpoff Joey]

Also appears Dougie Cochrane and Walker will not be in the open draft for next year (early projected top 2 picks). Food for thought to bring that 2026 pick into this draft if it’s for a Curtin ect.

Cal said IF Harley leaves, he expects the Cats are in front.

What the hell does that deal look like? Humphries? JhyeClark? Mitch Edwards? Their first round picks that will be in the 30s to 40s?

Love the show and pod but it’s getting more Vic centric every week.

Dougie Cochrane; Can someone describe what type of player he is against Dyson Sharp, Harley Reid?

I am not an avid draft watcher but cliff notes suggest they are all very similar.

 

[ArdentEagle]

Everyone one drools about Rowell this Rowell that and the closest comparison to Rowell this year is Sharp and people are turning there noses up. If Oscar goes and it’s 1/2 Freddy and Sharp would make me happier then when we come away with Harley Reid

I'll leave it to the experts for detailed comments but to my eye, Rowell looks much quicker/more explosive than Sharp. I think Rowell also looks a better kick from what I've seen.

 

[eaglevision]

Who are the 4 rucks we should consider? I have Keogh and Crossley

Ajang Kol-Mun is the 4th.

 

[Wce17]

Are any of these ruckman being floated for the MSD actually going to make any difference? They all seem like they are under sized or just extremely raw & will take time.

Flynn actually played a decent game on the weekend & id rather just trade for someone who can step right in & make an impact.

 

[Choogler]

Ajang Kol-Mun is the 4th.

 

[Choogler]

Are any of these ruckman being floated for the MSD actually going to make any difference? They all seem like they are under sized or just extremely raw & will take time.

Flynn actually played a decent game on the weekend & id rather just trade for someone who can step right in & make an impact.

I think Keogh if you are going to take one in the MSD. I think if he doesn't make the grade as a ruckman, he has the potential to be more versatile than someone like Crossley

 

[eaglesnutcase]

It’s hard to say where we will end up midfielder wise.
Hewett could be anything and that’s how I view him.Yes he May breakdown again and never fulfil his potential but I prefer to think the best not the worst.
HD may leave ( tho I doubt it )
Gross looks to be a ripper.
I have no doubts about Hutch.He just cracks in…hard!!
Correct me if I’m wrong ; and I may be; but wasn’t HJ recruited as a mid?
Looking ahead I certainly discount TK and Yeo !
I think Hall will be better in a good side as he can shovel the ball out to a winning midfield cutting down the amount of defensive running he needs to do.
This is the hand we have been currently dealt. We need to get games into them and keep them fit.
On potential I rather like what we are assembling!With more games comes hardened bodies.Getting pushed around in the guts will be a thing of the past

 

[Wild Kelly]

Mate i couldn't give a rats batty about a banning.

If folk want to dish it out they have expect it back.

What are they putting in West End these days?

 

[Dark Sharks]

Just a hypothetical... assuming we finish last and have Pick 1, and Oscar goes as a Band 1 free agent giving us pick 2. On current standings wed have 1, 2, 12 (Hawks), 19, 30. Lets assume the impossible happened and The Bont decided to come to WC as a free agent..

OR..

We don't do something stupid like sign a 30yr old RFA, or even worse trade for one when we are clearly in the middle of a rebuild?

Take picks 1, 2, 12, 19, 30 and kickstart our rebuild before Tazzy comes in. The more young talent we can collect the better. Offload pick 48 for a future pick.

Warner in 2 years as a FA and whatever other moneyball additions we need to make along the way. Hopefully offloading fringe players like Bailey Williams, Cole, Petrucelle, Duggan or even Kelly. Do NOT give up draft capital as a rebuilding side.

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Sheed interview during Essendon game said out for this year ....seems like playing on in 2026 or would like too .

 

[Quinz]

OR..

We don't do something stupid like sign a 30yr old RFA, or even worse trade for one when we are clearly in the middle of a rebuild?

Take picks 1, 2, 12, 19, 30 and kickstart our rebuild before Tazzy comes in. The more young talent we can collect the better. Offload pick 48 for a future pick.

Warner in 2 years as a FA and whatever other moneyball additions we need to make along the way. Hopefully offloading fringe players like Bailey Williams, Cole, Petrucelle, Duggan or even Kelly. Do NOT give up draft capital as a rebuilding side.

Assuming we can turn Reid's head Warner signing for 2 years might be the best thing to happen to us. Saves us from ourself and puts us in a spot to target him again as a free agent

 

[Choogler]

It’s hard to say where we will end up midfielder wise.

We are definitely inexperienced but not as badly off as most seem to think

Hewett could be anything and that’s how I view him.Yes he May breakdown again and never fulfil his potential but I prefer to think the best not the worst.

My comment when I first heard about Warner coming home was I believed that this guy will turn out every bit as good ...

HD may leave ( tho I doubt it )

If he does, then so be it. Realistically it would be a loss, but it would provide us an opportunity to dominate this draft especially if he went to Essendon who, based on current ladder positions, have 5 & 8, I'd take those and Nic Martin as a trade.

Gross looks to be a ripper.

Yep!

I have no doubts about Hutch.He just cracks in…hard!!

Picked him after the Geelong belting last season. Elliot Yeo replacement, just needs to calm the farm a little and make sure he handles the ball cleanly.

Looking ahead I certainly discount TK and Yeo !

I think Hall will be better in a good side as he can shovel the ball out to a winning midfield cutting down the amount of defensive running he needs to do.
This is the hand we have been currently dealt. We need to get games into them and keep them fit.
On potential I rather like what we are assembling!With more games comes hardened bodies.Getting pushed around in the guts will be a thing of the past

We also have Grego, Davis and Dewar, the last 2 more outside players.

 

[Cuzz09]

Feel like the VFL Media are hanging these random kids in our eye sight so we take them and there will be some gun Essendon take

 

[BartBart]

He only said that if he leaves, he expects the Cats to be front runner. Also, I think that was in relation to Geelong/Hawthorn.

He never said he actually does expect him to leave to begin with.

Cats don't have the assets to make a realistic play.

Also, he pretty much linked Harley to every Vic club he talked about.

Geelong and Port Power work on the "we don't have any good picks left so you have to take the chip packet(s)"

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

He only said that if he leaves, he expects the Cats to be front runner. Also, I think that was in relation to Geelong/Hawthorn.

He never said he actually does expect him to leave to begin with.

Cats don't have the assets to make a realistic play.

Also, he pretty much linked Harley to every Vic club he talked about.

In terms of control, I would rather we trade Harley to a club of our choosing this year than to wait until 2026 when he is out of contract and nominates.

Unless he extends, I would be playing off Tigers and Bombers this off season. Tigers will have their own and Norf R1 picks and Bombers their own and Dees R1 pick. Both of these would be a strong start.

I cannot see a world in which Cats, Pies or Hawks have enough to make it work.

Most decent agents guide their players to clubs that can pay the asking price.

 

[Choogler]

OR..

We don't do something stupid like sign a 30yr old RFA, or even worse trade for one when we are clearly in the middle of a rebuild?

Take picks 1, 2, 12, 19, 30 and kickstart our rebuild before Tazzy comes in. The more young talent we can collect the better. Offload pick 48 for a future pick.

Warner in 2 years as a FA and whatever other moneyball additions we need to make along the way. Hopefully offloading fringe players like Bailey Williams, Cole, Petrucelle, Duggan or even Kelly. Do NOT give up draft capital as a rebuilding side.

It's all hypothetical anyway but Bont isn't just any old 30yr old RFA. Firstly, he is a UFA and if you seriously think a 30 year old Bont for 3 or 4 years wouldn't make us better, then that surprises me??
BTW, 12 will most likely end up 15-20, with 19 and 30 to be 30+ and 40+ so I don't see much value there when it comes to top-end talent.

 

[lusheslewis]

In terms of control, I would rather we trade Harley to a club of our choosing this year than to wait until 2026 when he is out of contract and nominates.

We can't do that.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

Typical, the number 1 prospect in the mid season draft is a key forward. We really need another one of them.

Who has seen enough of Burmeister to think he could switch to be a KPD?

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

We can't do that.

Have the conversation. The good thing about a wooden spoon is the reality of first pick in the pre season draft.

I am fully aware we cannot trade a player without their approval. So get into his agent and let him know his boy Harley could be back in Victoria in 2026 if he is that keen to get home and refuses to extend

 

[Matera92]

The Boys at Gettable mentioned Floyd Burmeister as a potential mid season pick up.
thoughts on if he is someone we could consider? Strikes me that he could be a Blicavs type?
Rookie me Central draft profile from last year - https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/floyd-burmeister/

Gets a gig on his name alone surely.

 

[Tugga27]

Who has seen enough of Burmeister to think he could switch to be a KPD?

Would Charlie McCartin be on our radar?

 

[Dark Sharks]

It's all hypothetical anyway but Bont isn't just any old 30yr old RFA. Firstly, he is a UFA and if you seriously think a 30 year old Bont for 3 or 4 years wouldn't make us better, then that surprises me??
BTW, 12 will most likely end up 15-20, with 19 and 30 to be 30+ and 40+ so I don't see much value there when it comes to top-end talent.

"Making us better" isn't necessarily what we're after if it comes at a cost, particularly long term cost via top end draft picks. We legit only just did that last year with Baker.

I'd take pick 2 over a 30-31yr old Bontempelli who has already won a flag and playing for nothing other than money for a couple seasons in WA.

You're on crack if you think we're rolling hIm out at 34-35 with all the extra travel he'd have to do. Even if we did, to what end? There's so many areas of this list that needs work it's pointless paying a premium to add an A grader to it right now. Oh yay, we finished 14th instead of 18th, that's huge, all our problems are solved.

Ditto Warner.

Just be patient and actually rebuild properly.

 

[Broken_Chairs]

The Bont & Warner would be fantastic gets to guide our young mids back to success - would also mean we're not overpaying spuds just to make up our salary cap.

Cannot see a world where Bont actually comes to us, but can't deny it would be great.

 

[Goroyals22]

Are any of these ruckman being floated for the MSD actually going to make any difference? They all seem like they are under sized or just extremely raw & will take time.

Flynn actually played a decent game on the weekend & id rather just trade for someone who can step right in & make an impact.

Crossley would help out with Simpsons hj’s franchises keeping busy and not much else. He tried at the bulldogs this year and was ruled not to be fit enough to run out an afl game….

Would be a complete waste of a pick to get him and he wouldn’t be better than Flynn .

 

[kane249]

Typical, the number 1 prospect in the mid season draft is a key forward. We really need another one of them.

We did manage to reinvent Maric and Hutchinson from forwards, so there is some hope.