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Saints willing to deal with their No.1 pick

St Kilda expect plenty of offers for their No.1 draft selection next week as rival clubs explore ways to improve their lists.

The Saints are in possession of the first pick by virtue of finishing last, but have made it clear they are willing to offload it if a suitable deal is offered.

St Kilda have already expressed an interest in disgruntled Greater Western Sydney pair Kristian Jaksch and Jono O'Rourke.

Saints recruiting manager Tony Elshaug said the club wanted to have three picks inside the top 20 so it could continue building on the selections from last season.

No club has traded the first choice since 2001, but Elshaug said the football landscape had changed due to top-10 picks being exchanged in recent seasons.

"You can see clubs are becoming more inventive with what they do with their picks," Elshaug said.

"We saw Melbourne do well last year trading pick No.2 and getting an experienced player and a younger player back in the draft with (Christian) Salem and (Dom) Tyson.

"They'll say they're very pleased with that. Clubs are looking outside the square more so than ever before to come up with the right sort of package.

"You'd expect some interest. We'll wait and see what happens over the next three weeks."

Unlike many years where the top pick has been clear by now, Elshaug said St Kilda were undecided about who they would choose if they retained the No.1 selection. Victorian midfielders Angus Brayshaw and Christian Petracca, along with key forwards Patrick McCartin and Peter Wright have all been touted as potential No.1 picks.

AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan said it was a unique season.

"Brayshaw and Petracca are the two midfielders that have performed on the best stage available, which is our national championships. They dominated that," Sheehan said.

"Peter Wright is two-metre Peter. He's 203cm, he's huge and can play in the ruck as well.

"He's a unique player. He's a 14 1/2 beeper (beep test) so his endurance for a boy of that size is just enormous. You can't find a player of that type.

"Patty McCartin has got a little bit of Tommy Hawkins about him with the way he reads the ball in flight. He always appears to be that step ahead of the other player as it comes into his area and he's got that vice-like grip."