Hawks 'blow up' trade period chain reaction as pick swaps with Blues has 'far-reaching implications'
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Hawthorn's pick swaps with Carlton have created a ripple effect across the AFL trade period.
On Friday, Hawthorn sent its much-talked-about pick 14 to Carlton in exchange for the club's future first and future second-round picks. The move has sent several clubs scrambling.
According to Nine's chief football reporter Tom Morris, the Hawks "pulled the trigger" after growing frustrated with the Eagles in trade talks.
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Hawthorn had offered West Coast pick 14 and a future second-rounder in exchange for a future third-rounder.
Pick 14 was expected to be used by the Hawks to get West Coast's premiership defender Tom Barrass to Waverley Park.
The Tom Barrass move to Hawthorn has been made more complicated by a Blues-Hawks pick swap. AFL Photos via Getty Images
It is also understood that Richmond had West Coast acquiring pick 14 as the centrepiece for a deal to get vice-captain Liam Baker going west.
But with that domino effect stopped in its tracks, Fremantle could try again to lure Baker after previously tabling one of their first-round picks for a combined deal with Shai Bolton.
Despite this door closing on Barrass getting to Hawthorn, it does not mean that a trade will not eventuate with the Hawks now boasting four picks in next year's draft across the first two rounds.
The Eagles will now have to accept future selections to trade Barrass.
Carlton now has two first-round selections, 12 and 14, in next month's national draft.
This will bolster the club's hand as they also target the twin sons of club champion Scott Camporeale in the highly regarded draft.
"My understanding was Carlton's objective was to get an extra first-round pick this year, which they have done," Morris told AFL Trade Radio.
"It has far-reaching implications, especially for their pursuit of the Camporeale brothers."
The extra first-round pick could also equip the Blues to make a play for Port Adelaide's Dan Houston.
"You could offer one of them (pick 12 or 14) and then see if you can get back in the game for Dan Houston," Morris said.
In all of this, the future second that was earlier traded from the Lions will stay with the Blues.
Under AFL rules, a future first and future second can only be traded if a team can acquire an additional future second-round pick, which the Blues achieved.
Earlier, North Melbourne knocked back Sydney's offer of a second-rounder in exchange for veteran Luke Parker.
