The Adelaide Crows are preparing to be ambitious at the trade and free agency table once again this year.
Last year, the Crows secured the signature of utility Jordan Dawson via trade, which has so far proven to be a worthy acquisition.
This year around, Adelaide may well re-load and go again during the trade period, according to football boss Adam Kelly.
Kelly spoke on SEN SA Breakfast on Tuesday, addressing links to rival players and stating the club would be proactive during this year's free agency and trade periods.
"We've been to the draft the last five years, we've been using our first-round and our early selections," Kelly said on SEN SA Breakfast.
"We brought Jordan [Dawson] in last year and we're very open-minded moving into this trade period about the need to bring in some mature talent. That's certainly discussions we'll have as the year progresses and things unfold.
"There's a preparedness, now we're at where we're at in the rebuild, to look at that."
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Kelly noted the Crows' growing cap flexibility, announcing they would be 'reasonably aggressive' this year.
"As you might expect, we're two years running with the youngest squad in the AFL, we've got some capacity there," he said.
"We can be reasonably aggressive provided we can identify the right players to bring in and players who will want to be part of what we're building at the club."
Kelly wasn't prepared to comment on recent speculation about potential Adelaide interest in out-of-contract Bulldog Josh Dunkley, but assured fans the club is continuing to evaluate talent league-wide.
"We won't comment on other players," he said.
"I guess list management committee is constantly looking at the lists around the competition and assessing what we need as our fans would expect.
"We're doing everything we possibly can to improve on an annual basis. This is a year where, having been to the draft heavily over the last five years, if there's an opportunity for us to trade out picks to bring in some mature talent to help with our young group and to make us better, we're certainly going to pursue those opportunities."
The 15th-placed Crows will travel to Tasmania to face the Kangaroos at Blundstone Arena this Sunday, in what is a very winnable game for Matthew Nicks' men.
