With the regular season run and done, there are currently 10 playing lists kicking back on a banana lounge somewhere.
Following this weekend's pair of elimination finals, they are set to be joined by a further two teams.
Although these players are enjoying some well-deserved rest and relaxation, the same cannot be said for their club's list management teams.
In an off-season that looks set to bring forth cuts to the salary cap and list sizes, as well as an obvious ambiguity surrounding this year's draft class, said surveyors of talent have their work cut out for them.
These three pitfalls may lead clubs toward identifying and selecting known talent rather than hypothesising over the ceilings of untested teenagers.
Should this be the case, the collection of names on this list are almost certainly on the whiteboards of list management war rooms the nation over.
Below we have predicted the landing spots for 10 of the biggest out-of-contract stars.
3. Jordan De Goey
Status โ Non-Free Agent
Verdict โ Re-signs with Collingwood
It has to be said, this one is still up in the air.
After De Goey decided to take an unconventional step and appoint himself as his own manager, eyebrows were certainly raised.
Was this a signal of things to come league wide? Was he on the move?
It is irrefutable to deny that the fair-haired star is within his prime earning window, but as a non- free agent, rival clubs would have to stump up a king's ransom to prise the Pie loose.
WHAT ๐ฅA ๐ฅFREAK ๐ฅ
Is there anything Jordan De Goey can't do โ๏ธ ๐
(๐ฅ: @CollingwoodFC)#AFL pic.twitter.com/51gHjKPDWJ
— Fox Footy (@FOXFOOTY) March 20, 2020
As arguably the Magpies' most valuable player, you can expect that Collingwood will place a more than reasonable deal before the player/manager, and that the heavily inked forward will put pen to paper.