2022 trade speculation (Part 2)

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Who is at the Giants who we could take in a Brodie-type “player and a pick” for salary cap relief? It seems like unlike GCS who had paid overs to many players to keep them around after their first contract the Giants have paid a few stars a kings ransom to keep them from leaving and now don’t have the ability to offload them because they have built their team around them.

Would they be up for offloading Haynes and Ward? Both would bring some much needed leadership for a year or two, even if they are cooked / playing a position we are well stocked for. Ward might be a decent option for a coaching position plus 1-year playing VFL. Haynes would be an upgrade on Kelly.

This works when either the club selling adds in something juicy, or the receiving club would like the players if free. Frankly, I don’t think we want those guys for 1-2 years at the cost of $2-$3m in cap (total). There should be cheaper ways to get some experience/leadership.

Now, it they were willing to offer draft picks we might consider it.

Yeah I’d only be offering to help them out by taking contracts off their books or handing them some extra cap space if they were sending one of their first round picks back our way.

TBH if the AFL really wanted to help with equalisation and their expansion clubs then they should allow direct trading of cap space for drafts picks. ie we trade 500k of our TPP in '23 and '24 for pick 12 in the '22 draft. The giants would be the biggest beneficiaries as they need more cap space not draft picks.

It would also help bottom sides to that struggle to fill their cap and are forced to over pay for their players