With two weeks to go before the 2024 National Draft, clubs are looking at ways of improving their draft hand to fit their desired approach.
Richmond holds a raft of selections that rivals the years when Gold Coast and GWS entered the league, and it could improve.
North Melbourne's prized Pick 2 is up for grabs, with the club potentially wanting to split the pick for two first-round selections.
It is understood that the Kangaroos are happy to hand over the second pick - and a future first-round selection - to the Tigers for Picks 6 and 11.
North Melbourne's idea behind splitting the pick is to welcome two high-end prospects to Arden Street to accelerate their rebuild, with draft bolter Alixzander Tauru heavily linked to the club.
The Kangaroos currently hold Picks 2 and 62, meaning the priority is getting more young stars in the white and blue as quickly as possible.
On Richmond's side of the equation, it would mean that the 2024 wooden spooners would hold seven selections and the first two picks.
There's no doubt that the Tigers need an array of talent all over the ground, but will likely take a small cohort of gun midfielders that will be complemented by key position players, small forwards and running defenders.
Given the depth and strength of the draft, clubs are hoping to gain more picks to secure some of the game's next stars.
Essendon would ideally re-enter the first round of the draft once matching the Isaac Kako bid.
The Bombers have locked themselves away with the gun small forward, who is likely to receive a bid from a rival club between Picks 8 and 15.
Essendon currently hold 2,586 draft points, which equates to roughly Pick 2 and would be keen to trade picks on draft night.
They also have two 2025 first-round selections at their disposal: one being their own and one from Melbourne.
West Coast - who gave up Pick 3 as part of the Liam Baker trade - have their first selection at 12, but like Essendon, hold a pair of 2025 first-round selections thanks to Hawthorn.
Gold Coast carry three top-end picks in 2025 (Collingwood and Port Adelaide) and will require those to match bids for next year's wave of academy stars.
However, the Suns, who have gathered 1,291 points (roughly Pick 14) to land Leo Lombard, could attract rivals in a pick-swap by utilising one of the three future picks to re-enter the first night of the 2024 draft.
New South Wales clubs - Sydney and GWS - both maintain a litter of late first-round selections that could be packaged to skip up the order.
The Giants and Swans would largely believe they have enough talent on their list to compete in 2025, meaning they could make it a priority to fetch the best available talent earlier in the draft.
Brisbane will also be a watch through the AFL's pick-swap period...
The 2024 premiers have amassed 2,531 draft points through a litter of second to fourth-round selections to match any bid on father-son gun Levi Ashcroft and Academy prospect Sam Marshall.
As is their link to the Lions, the club is awarded a 20 per cent discount.
According toย Zero Hanger's first edition Mock Draft, Ashcroft (Pick 2) and Marshall (Pick 22) would require 2,670 points (3,362 - 672 (20 per cent)), meaning Brisbane, at this point, will go into the negatives.
However, clubs are able to offset what they owe into next year's draft, resulting in the Lions starting their 2025 draft hand behind the eight-ball. This can all change depending on when the bids come.
All 18 clubs have until November 8th to trade picks before a break in proceedings.
The pick-swap period will re-open on draft night, November 20.
