Already armed with nine first-round draft picks, the Suns can also pre-list up to 10 players who have previously nominated for an AFL draft or been listed by an AFL club.
Those players it can pre-list include former Richmond discard and recent WAFL star Andrew Krakouer and former Hawk ruckman Robbie Campbell.
Recruiting boss Scott Clayton said his club hoped to capatalise on its ability to trade some players it decided to pre-list - therefore adding to its bevy of draft picks.
Clayton admitted it would be a balance determining what to do with those players the club decided to pre-list.
“There’s a few that we’d leave on our list if we couldn’t trade them ... we can’t take them all,” Clayton said from the NAB AFL Draft Combine on Tuesday.
“We can take 10, so we certainly want to trade [and] use them as currency if we can.
“If it’s in our interest in advancing our position, we will.”
Krakouer, 27, starred for Swan Districts in the Western Australian competition this year and polled 44 votes to win the Sandover Medal and helped his side to the premiership.
“We’re certainly thinking about him,” Clayton said.
Krakouer is thought to be a target of West Coast, who due to their bottom-of-the-ladder finish possess some high draft picks.
“We’ll have to see what the market brings at the end,” Clayton said.
“There’s enough interest to suggest we’ll be able to do something, so we’ll have to see what happens over the next week or two.”
The Suns have sent a large contingent to Canberra, with club officials spending the last part of Tuesday afternoon interviewing some of the hottest talent from across the country.
And Clayton couldn’t hide his excitement at the prospect of what is headed to the Gold Coast in next month’s draft.
“The quality’s extraordinary, especially up the front,” he said.
“It’s a fabulous opportunity, no doubt about that.
“On top of the 17-year-olds we’ve already taken, it’s clearly an exciting time.”
Clayton said there was still “a lot of water to go under the bridge” before his club becomes the superpower many rival clubs believe is inevitable.
The signature of Gary Ablett would help that cause, although Clayton said he was no clearer as to whether that piece of the jigsaw would fall into his list management puzzle.
“I haven’t heard anything that anybody else has this week,” he said.
“We’ve always [just been] waiting for an answer and that’s what we’ll do.”
