Following the completion of the trade and free agency period, the crystal balls have already come out as to what season 2025 will look like.
A total of 28 players found new homes - with more to come during the delisted free agency and pre-season supplemental periods - whilst the next crop of young talent is prepared to take the competition into a new realm.
But as intriguing as who will be the next Chris Judd or Nick Riewoldt, some of the bigger trade names may have larger impacts on their new clubs.
Namely Shai Bolton and Jake Stringer.
Both, at their best, are 40-plus goal-kickers who can roam into the midfield, cause chaos, but ultimately win games off their own boot.
Stringer did it multiple times throughout 2024, while Bolton, albeit on a relatively down year for Richmond, kicked 34 majors from 60 scores in the bottom side.
And now GWS and Fremantle are set to benefit.
But how will they fit in their new, respective sides?
Seemingly, you'd think.
Bolton will join the Dockers team with premiership experience under his belt at the ripe age of 25.
We saw in 2022, when the former Tiger was highly motivated, what he could do with the football, earning a maiden All-Australian blazer after 43 goals (and 41 behinds).
Bolton's knock is that he struggles in front of goal, and his stats (165.144) would suggest it.
Fremantle's knock is the lack of scoring, ranking 10th in 2024.
A match made in heaven.
Bolton can also run through the midfield, chopping out the likes of Caleb Serong, Andrew Brayshaw and Hayden Young, with the latter proving to be a weapon for Justin Longmuir across the half-forward line.
And although the Dockers gave up Picks 10, 11 and 18 (but received Pick 14), the club is ready to push for top four despite missing the finals in 2024.
Fremantle were third after Round 20 and eyeing a home qualifying final before bowing out in the final month of the home and away season, losing the last month of football.
Turning our attention to Stringer, who needs no introduction.
But the Giants' acquisition of the 'Package' is a Moneyball move, which, in essence, cost the club very little (Pick 53) for a huge potential upside.
Stringer will join the forward line, which already holds Coleman medallist Jesse Hogan, Toby Greene, Aaron Cadman, Jake Riccardi and a raft of small forwards.
At times in 2024, the Giants were too Hogan-centric, which was admitted by coach Adam Kingsley, although to good effect.
Cadman proved he's developing into a star, but his inexperience still holds him back, although he kicked goals in 19 matches out of 23.
And then there's Greene, who is more than capable of kicking 60-plus goals like he did in 2023.
So, where does Stringer fit in?
The former Essendon forward will likely take the opposition's third-best defender, which is a match-up Kingsley will favour.
And as we've seen, you give Stringer an inch, he can take a mile.
The Giants bowed out in straight sets to the 2024 grand finalists by single-digit margins but were deserving of a deeper run in September.
The AFL's newest club has teetered at the top for the last nine seasons - barring 2020 and 2022 - reaching at least the semi-final on seven occasions.
GWS' perpetual success has them contending once again in 2025, but adding another finals barometer - alongside Greene and Hogan - could be a force to be reckoned with.
The Dockers and Giants are expected to rise from their previous efforts, and although in a competition that gets more even each year, this game is won on small margins.
And the acquisition of Bolton and Stringer could be the difference.