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All 18 clubs will converge on Marvel Stadium on Monday morning for the official start of the Telstra AFL Trade Period.
Bomber Joe Daniher's impending move to Sydney, which could depend on Swan Tom Papley's wish to return to Victoria at Carlton, will dominate the headlines in the next week-and-a-half.
However, there are a swag of deals set to go down.
Tim Kelly (West Coast), Jack Martin (Carlton), Jon Patton and Sam Frost (Hawthorn), Brad Hill, Zak Jones and Paddy Ryder (St Kilda), Callum Ah Chee (Brisbane), Josh Bruce (Western Bulldogs) and Billy Frampton (Adelaide) are all on the move.
Crows Alex Keath and Hugh Greenwood will join the Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast, respectively, before the trade deadline on Wednesday week.
Fremantle winger Ed Langdon is also set to request a trade to Melbourne in the coming days, while Saints star Jack Steven should eventually make his way to Geelong.
Speculation is also ongoing about Adelaide club champion Brad Crouch and the Suns.
Among the other names to watch are Port Adelaide's Sam Gray, Dougal Howard and Sam Powell-Pepper, Crows Josh Jenkins and Riley Knight, Brisbane's Tom Cutler, Nick Robertson and Lewis Taylor and St Kilda's Jack Newnes.
Richmond football boss Neil Balme told 3AW radio on Friday that out-of-favour Tigers Dan Butler and Connor Menadue would be "mad" not to explore greater opportunities elsewhere.
There is still uncertainty around contracted Essendon forward Orazio Fantasia, who has the opportunity to join Port Adelaide if he wants to go home to South Australia.
Fantasia is back in Melbourne from a few days visiting family in Adelaide and a decision on his new management is imminent after parting ways with Anthony McConville.
Unrestricted free agents Jamie Elliott (Brisbane, Melbourne or staying at Collingwood) and Adam Tomlinson (Melbourne) will reveal their intentions soon.
Tomlinson has already confirmed he won't be at Greater Western Sydney next year, while Adelaide's Sam Jacobs will land at the Giants as a free agent signing or in a trade.
Tiger Brandon Ellis (Gold Coast) and Crow Cam Ellis-Yolmen (Brisbane) exercised their free agency rights to lock in new clubs this weekend.
There were more than 50 trades last year, as well as five restricted or unrestricted free agency moves and a further five in delisted free agency, which isn't open until November 1.
Ruck merry-go-round still spinning
The jostling for better spots in the ruck pecking order is set to continue in the Trade Period.
The likes of Carlton's Andrew Phillips, Hawk Marc Pittonet, Geelong's Zac Smith and Lion Archie Smith could yet feature in a club swap.
Brisbane's Smith is contracted until 2021, while Phillips and Pittonet each have an offer from their current club in front of them.
Essendon and Sydney are central to the ruck merry-go-round.
The Bombers' bid for a Paddy Ryder homecoming fell short – Ryder will instead head to St Kilda – while they'll be without Sam Draper for the first half of next season and they are yet to re-commit to Zac Clarke.
Darcy Cameron wants to leave the Swans for Collingwood, leaving injury-ravaged Sam Naismith, Callum Sinclair, rookie ruck/forward Hayden McLean and mid-season draftee Michael Knoll as their rucks.
Essendon and Sydney sounded out the Lions' Smith, although Brisbane's failure to lure Hawthorn's Jon Ceglar north means the ex-basketballer is likely to stay put.
The Bombers and Gold Coast also inquired about out-of-contract Cat Smith, who played 65 games for the Suns between 2011 and 2015.
Phillips is also in Essendon's sights as he chases the security of a two-year arrangement rather than the one season the Blues are prepared to offer.
If he was to leave Ikon Park then Carlton would be on the lookout, too.
Gold Coast will make a decision on the future of another ruckman, Tom Nicholls, arguably the NEAFL's most dominant ruckman this year, once the Trade Period ends.
The Giants will recruit Crow Sam Jacobs on a two-year deal, as a free agent or in a trade, but haven't announced if Shane Mumford will play in 2020 despite him reaching a contract trigger.
The views in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the AFL or its clubs.
