With one of the biggest off-contract lists remaining in 2024, coupled with the club's position between contention and rebuilding, St Kilda loom as a big watch this off-season.
Midway through their second season under Ross Lyon, the Saints will fall short of successive finals finishes after a surprising top eight return last year.
With over 20 players still unsigned for next year, including a gun defender potentially on the way out, the Saints have plenty of list calls to make over the coming months and will likely attack the draft once again.
But the need for experienced talent is sure to be considered, and there could be several options for Stephen Silvagni and his team to chase this trade and free agency season.
So who could the Saints target? We've named five players potentially of interest for the Moorabbin club...
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4. Peter Ladhams
While contracted for next year, Ladhams is one player who could weigh up his options this off-season given the lack of reliance Sydney have for the former Port Adelaide big man.
Ladhams departed Alberton for the Harbour City at the end of 2021 in the hope of taking on the No.1 ruck role under John Longmire, only for injury and form issues to delay any promotion of the sort.
The arrival of Brodie Grundy over the off-season has put a line through Ladhams' plans and has him held to the VFL for the foreseeable future as Grundy returns to the level of form that won him multiple All-Australian selections.
Able to hold down a forward role and assist as a ruckman, Ladhams could be a fitting partner for Saints Star Rowan Marshall given the likely list need of a hybrid key position talent.
Ladhams and Marshall could share the two positions and offer some support to Max King in attack, while the partnership would also alleviate Marshall of the entire ruck workload.
