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Port Pathway to NAS

Port currently hold pick 4 & 22

The Butters trade if it goes through and Port get pick 5 as Comp

Then do the Marshall trade and get WBD pick 12 and 1st 2027 (Let’s say this get through with some creative work from Crippa)

This create the conundrum for port having to use pick 4 &5 on Cochrane which is abit rich.

So since port need pick for next year (2027)

Why don’t they trade out 4 & 5 with West Coast for pick 3 and WC 1st 2027

(West Coast lose comp but getting an extra top 5 draft pick before Tassie is worth it) I believe with WC or RIC would go for a deal like this - either works.

Port then trade out of pick 12 for a 1st round in 2027 with any team. Likely Giants or Collingwood would do this.

Port then uses pick 3 & 22 to get Cochrane. (I Believe thats enough pts to get him)

Port then hold a massive draft hand in 2027.

Port, WC, WBD, & Giants

3 1st likely get NAS too port (Maybe a future 1st to sweeten the deal with future 2nd coming back)

Then Port has a left over 1st & future 2nd to trade up to get picks to bid on Salopek and Pilot.

This gives port Cochrane, NAS, Salopek & Pilot all

In.

This is an ideal scenario for Port!

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u/Master_Armadillo736 — 10 days ago
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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) )
u/duffercoat — 9 days ago
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Do we force Essendons hand?

Essendon this week said they will bid on Cochrane with pick 1. Do we force their hand here?

A couple of years ago, a Vic draftee told non-vic clubs he won't be leaving Victoria if they draft him. The AFL signed off on this and said it wasn't draft tampering.

Do we get Cochrane, to publicly come out and say the same, that if Essendon bid on him with pick 1, he will remain living in SA, so they will have to breach the soft cap flying him to training each day.

At the same time, if we end up with pick 5 for Butters and the AFL continue to block any other trade in our favour, we publicly declare that the AFL has forced us to not match a bid on Cochrane with their Ill thought out draft rules they rushed through with no planning time for clubs, and the fact that you can't use any 2 picks, we would have to use 2 top 5 picks for a kid who missed 12mths of footy and hasn't even played a game of AFL - when we only get 1 top 5 pick for losing one of the best player in the compm

Put them to task over it, and force their hand in bidding for Walker?

Maybe bombers call our bluff, maybe they jump and end up bidding for Walker since there isn't that same risk as getting Cochrane.

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u/Intrepid_Doctor8193 — 10 days ago