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It's probably too early to be talking about it (and too early for a new thread) but got some time at work so thought I'd give a rough delist/trade/draft guess for the off-season.

Current status
This infro from the contracts thread, not sure if some is now out of date.

Contracted after 2014
Mackenzie
LeCras
Hurn
Schofield
Masten
Brown
Kennedy
Selwood
Wellingham
Shuey
Yeo
Waters – I think he’ll stay

Contracted until the end of 2014
To stay
Nicholas Naitanui – will re-sign
Brad Sheppard – will re-sign
Xavier Ellis – think he’ll get a new contract

Potential to be traded
Andrew Gaff – may request trade
Scott Lycett - may request trade

Likely delistees (most likely to least likely)
Jacob Brennan – likely to be delisted
Patrick McGinnity – likely to be delisted
Sam Butler – may get another year with all the other HBFs to be chopped
Ashley Smith – potentially to be delisted, or traded for next to nothing

Potential retirees
Darren Glass – 90% chance to retire
Dean Cox – 50% chance to retire

Unknown Contracts
To stay
Matt Rosa – should re-sign but eligible to FA if he leaves
Josh Hill – should re-sign
Jamie Cripps - should re-sign
Brant Colledge – will re-sign
Adam Carter – will re-sign
Mark Hutchings - will re-sign
Fraser McInnes – should re-sign
Matt Priddis – thought he had recently signed? Will be here next year
Jack Darling - Signed a contract extension in Decemeber 2013 – will be here
Jeremy McGovern – should get another year
Simon Tunbridge – will re-sign
Jamie Bennell – will re-sign unless injured
Dominic Sheed – signed for 2015
Malcom Karpany - signed for 2015
Dylan Main - signed for 2015
Tom Barrass - signed for 2015

Likely delistee
Blayne Wilson – should go

Rookies
Sinclair – is he contracted for next year? Should be elevated for sure
Newman – should go
Maginness – should get another year as a rookie, maybe promotion
Powell – should get another year as a rookie

Potential 2014 off-season

Delist (in order of likeliness)
4/5 of: Brennan, Wilson, McGinnity, Butler, Smith, McGovern, McInness, Sheppard, Waters, Ellis, Bennell

Rookie delist: Newman

Retire
Glass, maybe Cox

Trade
Hard to guess, so I won’t. But assume we’ll lose as many players as we gain via trade.

Upgrade
Sinclair

Draft
R1, Waterman (hopefully with r2), r3, r4

My guess
Out: Brennan, Wilson, McGinnity, Butler, Smith, Glass

In: Sinclair, R1, Waterman (hopefully with r2), r3, r4, r5 – we probably won’t use a round 5 pick, more likely to grab someone via FA or maybe trade someone

Potential trade/FA targets
Matera, Jeff Garlett, Yarran, Howlett – no idea really, interested in any thoughts.

We really need some mids.