Yep thats correct there will be quite a few more delistings at the blues and probably 2 rookie upgrades in possibly sheehan and kerbatieh so our lowest live pick wont be that late id expect .So what was Scully traded for again? Odd example to kick off the thread.
Rhys Palmer for pick 135 is probably the coolest trade this year. Last year the final pick in the draft was 70. As it stands GWS have 14 picks in the draft before pick 135. They will probably use the first 3 or 4 then maybe some of the 5 they have in the 50s if there are academy kids to bid on (IIRC there are no touted stars this year). Personally I hope the trend continues and next year we see a player traded for pick 200. GWS could not use pick 135 without de-listing another half a dozen or so players so it's not like the AFL can say they gave up a pick they could theoretically use. How cool would it have been if Boomer played on and North traded him for pick 432?
The pick swap trades not involving NSW/Qld clubs baffle me. Carlton may not have lost out by that much under the AFL's made up points system but who the **** wants picks 48, 66 and 70 when you can have pick 30 odd? Carlton currently have 3 senior list spots and 0 rookie list spots available without further de-listings. Once you start getting into the 60s and 70s it's mostly rookie elevations and passes anyway.
The Saints/Hawks trade raised eyebrows, but it made sense given Hawthorn were desperate to have some decent currency to give for O'Meara and St Kilda unlike Carlton weren't going to help them for the sake of it. What Gold Coast ended up accepting vs what Hawthorn gave up to get to that point makes the mind boggle. Gold Coast should've taken Hawthorn's 2017 first round pick + 23 + 36 themselves and used their stash of picks in the 20s to try and get into next year's draft as early as possible.
Lynden Dunn for a pick swap from 47 to 51 looks funny when Sam Mitchell, Jordan Lewis, Travis Cloke were given away for less. Feels like there are more players being given away for nothing as clubs value salary cap space more highly than even. What's also funny is that when everyone thought Sam Mitchell was being given away for nothing pick 88 will be Hawthorn's first in the draft so will actually be used.