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Your one stop shop for all things trade and draft for this year. Will try update as necessary.
##2026
Port's picks: 4, 22, 30, 44, 46
Draft value index for 2026 is available here:
Players moving to other clubs:
- Zak Butters (Restricted free agent)
Linked Players:
Dougie Cochrane (Draft range: 1-1)
Projected points required: 2700 (3000 with 10% discount for bottom 4)
Note: points must come from our top 2 picks only as of this year
##2027 Look ahead: Linked Players:
Louie Salopek (Draft range 5-10*)
Zemes Pilot (Draft range 1-10*)
* Speculation based on media reports prior to Tassie predrafting
Draft compromises:
7 top prospects already pre-drafted by Tassie this year
7x picks already allocated to Tassie for 2027 (1,3,5,7,9,11,13)
This halves the expected draft value of early future first round picks, dilutes later picks by 7 spots
Compensation will be allocated to each club who loses a player to Tasmania under their poaching rules, further compromising this draft
2027 picks are subsequently worth much much less than normal, but we still need to find a way to get into the top end of the draft to match bids on our 2 elite prospects.
E.g. If North finish the same ladder position next year their 2027 first would only allow access to the 17th best open pool player instead of the 5th best this year.
(5 gets pushed back to 10, -7 of the best players due to predrafting to Tassie). This ignores additional compensation picks.
##FAQs: Can Cochrane just declare he won't play for anyone else?
- No this is considered draft tampering and will result in us being penalised.
Can we make a deal with Essendon for them to not bid on him?
- No, the AFL is cracking down on under the table deals this year and has instituted an incentive (end of first round pick) for clubs to bid on linked players in the top 5.
Can we match with picks 4 and 22 and use pick 5 in the draft?
- No, clubs need to match with sequential picks. In this case we'd use up 4 and 5 and get pick 14 back (1962 + 1795 pts = 2700 (Cochrane) + 1057 (14) )