It's no secret that the Blues have let some good players go in recent times.

Yes, Carlton have recruited several quality youngsters in the last few years and are headed in the right direction. But they have also been guilty of carrying too many list cloggers with little potential and allowing their more talented names to walk.

While some of these stars wanted out, that can't be used as an excuse, and a better list transition could have taken the Blues anywhere.

Here are the best 10 players Carlton have traded or delisted since 2006:

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1. Josh Kennedy

The one that got away. Taken with pick No. 4 in the 2005 National Draft, Kennedy played 22 games for Carlton from 2006-07. At the end of 2007, he was famously traded to West Coast for a bloke called Chris Judd.

Judd played a huge part in helping the Blues reclaim their status as a finals side in the late 2000s and won the 2010 Brownlow Medal. But Carlton only featured in September in four of the eight seasons Judd spent at the club (one of those with an asterisk next to it), never making the top four or playing in a preliminary final.

As the old as goes, midfielders grow on trees while goal-kicking key forwards are worth their weight in gold. It feels like the Blues could have accomplished so much with Kennedy. Aside from Buddy Franklin, Kennedy has been arguably the most dominant forward of the modern era, claiming two Coleman Medals with multiple 80-goal seasons and a premiership in 2018.

The fact that Carlton have been crying out for a goal-kicking forward ever since the trade makes it that much harder to bear.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 14: Josh Kennedy of the Blues in action during the round seven AFL match between the Carlton Blues and the Essendon Bombers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground May 14, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
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2 COMMENTS

  1. Lmfao at Gibbs, can’t get a game for the crows and we got 2 1st round picks for him. Carlton won letting half of those dead beats go, especially Gibbs.

  2. Josh kennedy.

    Mate you are a hack journalist.

    Garlett and Robbo were poorly behaved and during a cultural change not great going forward.

    Waite was due to retire.
    Gibbs and Hendo wanted out so you have to respect that.

    Tuohy… who knows…. bit of a wanker.

    Jacobs was a tough call. Kreuz was top ruck. But we had 3 others. Jacobs was a strange choice to go.

    Betts hurts. That was the hardest.

    But kennedy. Mate at the time we had this bloke brendan. Waite was a bit part.

    Kennedy was noone.

    Yes we know how good he is. But at the time it was very very good exchange. Juddy is still pure carlton.

    Hindsight is 20:20.

    Perhaps next time talk about building a culture. Thats what Juddy is part of doing.

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