With Grundy signing a 7yr x 1m contract, there's every chance the Pies might be in a cap squeeze to retain Moore particularly if he has another exceptional year (as most seem to do in their final year of contract). Expect a few clubs to have already started to sniff him out if that's the case. Not sure if we'd be in the hunt, as I agree it will largely depend if JD gets on the park and has a convincing season. Moore will cost us picks (assuming he's willingly to move to Sydney) versus JD who we can get as RFA. Plus you have the unknown whether a contracted Papley will again seek a trade back to Melbourne, which will change our hand considerably. A lot to play out with many possible scenarios.
I recall Kinnear mentioning during the draft a preference in retaining the young talented list we've been building over several years, rather than chasing a big fish (another indication JD had seeked us out to begin with).
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