ESSENDON has ruled out redrafting Tom Hislop, with the club completely severing ties with the discarded midfielder after allowing him to participate in pre-season training. 

The Bombers cut Hislop, 20, last month after an injury-riddled seven-game career with the club that was littered with off-field disciplinary issues.

He was invited back to train at Windy Hill following his delisting, but has since ceased involvement with the club and has nominated for next week's NAB AFL Draft.

"I'm expecting Tom to be picked up in the national draft by someone," football operations manager Paul Hamilton told SEN on Friday.

"I don't think it will be us. I think it will be another club.

"He's no longer training with us as of this week, so we're happy for him to move forward.

"Sometimes if you get delisted and get a big kick, it can be the thing that really pushes you on to the next stage in your career, so we wish him the best and hope it works out for him."

Hamilton, who played 105 games for the Bombers between 1986 and 1992 before being appointed as operations manager in September this year, listed Scott Gumbleton, Mark McVeigh, David Hille, Heath Hocking and Sam Lonergan as players currently "burning up the track".

He also said former Cat Brent Prismall is fitting in well in his new surroundings after being traded to the club last month.

Prismall is currently undergoing rehabilitation for the knee he had reconstructed following an injury sustained in Geelong's qualifying final win over St Kilda.

"It's pretty early for him, he's had the knee surgery and the doctors are positive," Hamilton said.

"At the moment, he's just doing static skills, a lot of rehab work and just working away at building his muscles back up.

"He has been good in getting to know the other players and you can tell he's got some leadership ability about him.

"He's been good just to have around the club.

"For us, he's a good fit. We don't want to have high expectations for 2009 with him. When guys do knees, it does take a little while to get over them, and I'm sure he'll have high expectations on himself but we won't be pushing him too quickly.

"We're looking more on the long term and we think he can be a really good player for us for eight to 10 years."