POTENTIAL Melbourne father-son recruit Jack Viney has been rated by recruiters as being worth somewhere between the sixth and eighth selection in the upcoming NAB AFL Draft.

A group of AFL recruiters spoken to individually by AFL.com.au valued Viney as being in that range but admitted he could be rated higher if a club was in need of a strong, inside midfielder.

One recruiter said no club could go wrong with a player such as Viney.

The general feeling among the recruiters was that Essendon's father-son pick Joe Daniher would be rated No.1 if he were not a father-son and that the Bombers were getting great value if, as expected, they were forced to use their No.10 selection to get him.

Viney, the son of former club champion and current club recruiter Todd Viney, has been preparing for his AFL career at the Demons, training with the club and playing games with its VFL affiliate Casey Scorpions.

Viney's jaw was broken in his first game with the Scorpions in May when Geelong defender David Wojcinski bumped him solidly but he returned mid-season and played well for Vic Metro in the Under-18 championships.

Melbourne has reiterated its long-held position that it will take the best available player with its first pick in this year's draft.

The Demons' general manager of list management Tim Harrington said on Thursday recruiters would be "derelict in our duty" to take any other approach.

Melbourne has its first pick at No.3 and would be forced to make the choice whether it would use that pick on Viney if Gold Coast used pick No.2 to bid for the highly rated 18-year-old.

According to reports in The Age on Thursday morning the Suns are seriously considering making a bid on the youngster, happy to either get Viney or to force the Demons to use pick No.3 on him.

If both Greater Western Sydney and the Suns chose not to bid for Viney the Demons would get Viney at a pick in the high 20s at least.

But the club's position remains the same as it was in July when Harrington first spoke to AFL.com.au about their intention in relation to pick 3.

"We pick the very best player at that pick. Supporters would demand that," Harrington said at the time.

With picks three, four and 13 in this year's draft because of compensation received for losing Tom Scully, Melbourne enters the trade market with a strong hand. 

The club has indicated it is flexible in talking about each of the picks during trade discussions depending of course on who is available. 

Melbourne is one of several Victorian based clubs interested in the Suns' Josh Caddy, who has declared his intention to return home to Victoria after 24 games and 17 goals with the Gold Coast.

The Suns are prepared to bargain with Melbourne based clubs but want good compensation in exchange for Caddy.