Port Adelaide and Hawthorn clearly have different opinions about the talent on offer in this year's AFL draft, as evidenced by Wednesday's trade involving Chad Wingard.
The Hawks swapped young defender Ryan Burton, draft picks No.15 and No.35 plus a future fourth-round selection to acquire Wingard and Port's future third-round selection.
It leaves Hawthorn, who parted with their fourth-round selection during the 2017 trade period, holding picks No.53 and 90 in this year's draft.
Port now have three first-round selections for the third time in their history (No.5, No.10 and No.15) plus pick No.85.
The trade-period strategy is in sharp contrast to how Port attacked last year's off-season frenzy, when they recruited Tom Rockliff, Steven Motlop and Jack Watts.
Part of Port's approach has been governed by the fact stars Wingard and Jared Polec both wanted out.
But they have also made no secret of their desperation to secure some of the highly-rated South Australian youngsters in this year's draft pool - a list headlined by schoolmates Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine.
"We planned to be aggressive in this trade period and give ourselves the best possible hand in the draft," football manager Chris Davies said.
"Planning to get as high as we can in this draft was a priority and we are really pleased to be in this position.
"We feel we have achieved that goal, and we look forward to securing some talented young players."
Port also recruited West Coast's premiership ruckman Scott Lycett (as a free agent) and Brisbane utility Sam Mayes, who has played 101 games since being taken with pick No.8 in the 2012 draft.
Carlton are expected to recruit Sam Walsh with pick No.1, which would leave Gold Coast and St Kilda as the only clubs capable of stopping Port from reading out the name of Lukosius or Rankine.
"If Lukosius and Rankine end up going to Gold Coast ... we're probably pretty happy to try to get them back in a few years' time," list manager Jason Cripps said on Monday, spelling out the risk of the go-home factor.
Wingard, who was left heartbroken and "in no man's land" according to former teammate Polec, detailed his "love" of Port in an Instagram post.
"My family have been through a lot over the last month and I appreciate all the support from fans and friends," he wrote.
"Thank you for the memories Port Adelaide, I leave with the greatest memories and appreciation of everything you've done for me and my family."
