Exactly.... I'd also imagine by now trades for these boys are pretty close to being worked out.
Considering how many trades go down to the last day of trade week, I'd say the trades are definitely the hardest part to work out.
In order to get trades done early in the piece, which Hawthorn will need to do, they'll have to have a win-win in mind or offer fair value. The problem I see for Hawthorn is that:
Hill + pick 14 + maybe pick 14 next year < Mitchell + O'Meara
Not by much, but I think they'll have to give up something a bit more to get those two over the line. (Breust is probably a bit too much, he's much better than Hill) Then they have to find suitable clubs to make those trades happen. The sticking point will be off-loading Hill. They need the return they get from him to on-sell to sort the other two. But Hill is Freo's third priority behind McCarthy and now Hogan. It's a big spanner in Hawthorn's works. Who would have thought that Hogan wanting to go home could be such a problem for Hawthorn!
If Breust does want to go elsewhere for more cash, then Hawthorn will get the trades done easily but I'm not sure he does and I think the hawks would want to get the trades through without losing Breust.
Much harder than salaries.