2006 AFL Trading: Draft Picks Change Trade Results
A brief look at the players who were taken with the traded draft picks. It changes some of the trade results, with who might have got the better of the deals, but with anything involving the draft the real result will be several years away.
Collingwood: Paul Medhurst, Ben Reid and Tyson Goldsack
Fremantle: Chris Tarrant and Bachar Houli
Richmond: Graham Polak, Jack Riewoldt and Carl Peterson
Still looks like a trade where every team got what they wanted, but Richmond do look like the winner here. They only moved down a few spots but still ended up with Riewoldt as well as Polak. Collingwood also turned Tarrant into a possible superstar as they used pick 8 on Ben Reid. Fremantle got what they wanted too, players to help them get to the Grand Final, and by sending out a pick and a couple of players they didn't use they got Tarrant and Solomon.
Fremantle: Dean Solomon and Brock O'Brien
Essendon: Bachar Houli and Kyle Reimers
This trade looked really good for Essendon, but now the draft is over it will depend on what their picks do in the coming years. Solomon should help Fremantle next season, and there is also the chance of O'Brien becoming a regular player in the future too.
Sydney: Peter Everitt
Hawthorn: Jarryd Morton
The Hawks might have used this pick on a young ruckman but they took Renouf at pick 24, so with pick 33 from the Swans they took Morton. The Swans have the edge for the next couple of seasons, but Morton was a highly-rated prospect and in a few years he could be an important player for Hawthorn.
Bulldogs: Andrew McDougall, Chris Schmidt and Malcolm Lynch
West Coast: Eric MacKenzie and Jarryd Allen
Forgetting for a moment that the Bulldogs turned the pick that would be used on Schmidt into Akermanis, this is a very even trade. McDougall is a big that is older and can help the Bulldogs next season, the Eagles received MacKenzie who is younger and as the Eagles are planning for the future getting MacKenzie was a good move. This trade moved the Eagles from a couple of picks behind Fremantle in the second round to a couple of picks in front of them, it was a small move but it might have kept MacKenzie away from the Dockers.
Bulldogs: Jason Akermanis
Brisbane: Chris Schmidt
Brisbane had to trade Akermanis and with the pick they got for him they did find a promising young forward. It was an even trade, as it will help the Bulldogs next season as they try for the AFL Premiership and it will also help Brisbane as they add another skilled prospect that could quicken their rebuilding phase.
St Kilda: Shane Birss
Bulldogs: Jarryd Allen
Pick 59 went through many teams in trade week, and eventually ended up where it started. But maybe the Bulldogs would have kept the pick if they knew Allen would still be available.
St Kilda: Michael Gardiner and Jarryd Allen
West Coast: Tim Houlihan
West Coast really just gave Gardiner to the Saints, and although Allen was taken later than Houlihan in the draft Allen may also be the better player.
Collingwood: Paul Medhurst, Ben Reid and Tyson Goldsack
Fremantle: Chris Tarrant and Bachar Houli
Richmond: Graham Polak, Jack Riewoldt and Carl Peterson
Still looks like a trade where every team got what they wanted, but Richmond do look like the winner here. They only moved down a few spots but still ended up with Riewoldt as well as Polak. Collingwood also turned Tarrant into a possible superstar as they used pick 8 on Ben Reid. Fremantle got what they wanted too, players to help them get to the Grand Final, and by sending out a pick and a couple of players they didn't use they got Tarrant and Solomon.
Fremantle: Dean Solomon and Brock O'Brien
Essendon: Bachar Houli and Kyle Reimers
This trade looked really good for Essendon, but now the draft is over it will depend on what their picks do in the coming years. Solomon should help Fremantle next season, and there is also the chance of O'Brien becoming a regular player in the future too.
Sydney: Peter Everitt
Hawthorn: Jarryd Morton
The Hawks might have used this pick on a young ruckman but they took Renouf at pick 24, so with pick 33 from the Swans they took Morton. The Swans have the edge for the next couple of seasons, but Morton was a highly-rated prospect and in a few years he could be an important player for Hawthorn.
Bulldogs: Andrew McDougall, Chris Schmidt and Malcolm Lynch
West Coast: Eric MacKenzie and Jarryd Allen
Forgetting for a moment that the Bulldogs turned the pick that would be used on Schmidt into Akermanis, this is a very even trade. McDougall is a big that is older and can help the Bulldogs next season, the Eagles received MacKenzie who is younger and as the Eagles are planning for the future getting MacKenzie was a good move. This trade moved the Eagles from a couple of picks behind Fremantle in the second round to a couple of picks in front of them, it was a small move but it might have kept MacKenzie away from the Dockers.
Bulldogs: Jason Akermanis
Brisbane: Chris Schmidt
Brisbane had to trade Akermanis and with the pick they got for him they did find a promising young forward. It was an even trade, as it will help the Bulldogs next season as they try for the AFL Premiership and it will also help Brisbane as they add another skilled prospect that could quicken their rebuilding phase.
St Kilda: Shane Birss
Bulldogs: Jarryd Allen
Pick 59 went through many teams in trade week, and eventually ended up where it started. But maybe the Bulldogs would have kept the pick if they knew Allen would still be available.
St Kilda: Michael Gardiner and Jarryd Allen
West Coast: Tim Houlihan
West Coast really just gave Gardiner to the Saints, and although Allen was taken later than Houlihan in the draft Allen may also be the better player.
