MELBOURNE'S first pick at this year's NAB AFL Draft is up for grabs, with the Demons open to trading the selection.

The Demons' dreadful season saw them finish second-last on the ladder and with the No.2 draft choice.

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However, that could be pushed back to No.3 overall with clubs believing the AFL will hand Gold Coast a priority pick at the top of the draft, essentially seeing the Suns hold the No.1 and No.2 picks. The Suns presented to the AFL Commission on Tuesday.

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AFL.com.au understands the Demons have told rivals they would be interested in turning their top pick into multiple selections, otherwise known as 'splitting' it.

The club has been creative with its first selection at the draft in years gone by.

In 2013, they used pick two in the draft to land pick nine (Christian Salem) and Dom Tyson from Greater Western Sydney.

Christian Salem has played 90 games in six seasons. Picture: AFL Photos



Two years later, they moved up the draft board by offloading a future-first rounder to Gold Coast in exchange for pick three (which was used to draft gun midfielder Clayton Oliver) amongst a complex deal.

In 2015, the Demons also used the then-incoming points system to smartly work with the Academy clubs to secure an extra top-10 pick.

Again the Demons are looking at their options, including moving back in the order but bringing in an extra selection to add to their draft hand.

While the Suns are considered likely to draft Victorian midfield pair Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson if they are given an extra draft choice, there would still be a number of talented options available at No.3 – for the Dees if they keep it, or a rival if they offload it.

Noah Anderson and Matt Rowell are expected to be the top two picks. Picture: AFL Photos



Classy half-back Hayden Young, powerful midfield/half-forward Caleb Serong and Greater Western Sydney Academy ball-winner Tom Green are among the other highly-rated prospects in that range, although the Giants will be able to match a bid for Green.

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Adelaide and St Kilda, who also hold top-five picks, have also informed clubs they are willing to do 'two-for-one' deals with their respective first picks at the right price.

Brisbane, which has two top-20 selections, is a club looking to get up the order, while the Giants, who have two first-round picks (including one tied to Essendon's finishing position) is another.

Melbourne's first pick in this year's draft was up for grabs last year, when the Demons looked to move up the order with live trading.

The Dees started their draft night last year at pick 27, but were looking to get into the action earlier, with an interest in crafty forward/midfielder Zak Butters.

They would have needed to trade their future 2019 first-round selection to push into last year's group to nab Butters, but no deal was done and the Power grabbed the exciting youngster.

Indicative draft order after round 23

ROUND ONE GCFC 1. Gold Coast MELB 2. Melbourne ADEL 3. Adelaide (tied to Carlton) SYD 4. Sydney STK 5. St Kilda FRE 6. Fremantle NMFC 7. North Melbourne CARL 8. Carlton (tied to Adelaide) PORT 9. Port Adelaide HAW 10. Hawthorn GWS 11. Greater Western Sydney (tied to Essendon) WB 12. Western Bulldogs GWS 13. Greater Western Sydney WCE 14. West Coast BL 15. Brisbane (tied to Collingwood) RICH 16. Richmond GCFC 17. Gold Coast (tied to Brisbane) GEEL 18. Geelong

ROUND TWO BL 19. Brisbane (tied to Gold Coast) MELB 20. Melbourne ADEL 21. Adelaide (tied to Carlton) WCE 22. West Coast (tied to Sydney) SYD 23. Sydney (tied to St Kilda) FRE 24. Fremantle NMFC 25. North Melbourne ADEL 26. Adelaide PORT 27. Port Adelaide HAW 28. Hawthorn ESS 29. Essendon WB 30. Western Bulldogs ESS 31. Essendon (tied to Greater Western Sydney) WCE 32. West Coast COLL 33. Collingwood RICH 34. Richmond BL 35. Brisbane GEEL 36. Geelong

ROUND THREE RICH 37. Richmond (tied to Gold Coast) MELB 38. Melbourne CARL 39. Carlton SYD 40. Sydney WB 41. Western Bulldogs (tied to St Kilda) BL 42. Brisbane (tied to Fremantle) NMFC 43. North Melbourne CARL 44. Carlton (tied to Adelaide) HAW 45. Hawthorn (tied to Port Adelaide) WB 46. Western Bulldogs (tied to Hawthorn) ESS 47. Essendon WB 48. Western Bulldogs GWS 49. Greater Western Sydney SYD 50. Sydney (tied to West Coast) COLL 51. Collingwood GCFC 52. Gold Coast (tied to Richmond) BL 53. Brisbane GEEL 54. Geelong

ROUND FOUR STK 55. St Kilda (tied to Gold Coast) MELB 56. Melbourne SYD 57. Sydney (tied to Carlton) SYD 58. Sydney WCE 59. West Coast (tied to St Kilda) ESS 60. Essendon (tied to Fremantle) PORT 61. Port Adelaide (tied to North Melbourne) PORT 62. Port Adelaide (tied to Adelaide) PORT 63. Port Adelaide COLL 64. Collingwood (tied to Hawthorn) ESS 65. Essendon PORT 66. Port Adelaide (tied to Western Bulldogs) CARL 67. Carlton (tied to Greater Western Sydney) STK 68. St Kilda (tied to West Coast) COLL 69. Collingwood RICH 70. Richmond NMFC 71. North Melbourne RICH 72. Richmond (tied to Geelong)

ROUND FIVE GCFC 73. Gold Coast MELB 74. Melbourne GWS 75. Greater Western Sydney (tied to Carlton) SYD 76. Sydney STK 77. St Kilda FRE 78. Fremantle NMFC 79. North Melbourne CARL 80.Carlton (tied to Adelaide) PORT 81. Port Adelaide HAW 82. Hawthorn ESS 83. Essendon WB 84. Western Bulldogs GWS 85. Greater Western Sydney GCFC 86. Gold Coast (tied to West Coast) HAW 87. Hawthorn (tied to Collingwood) RICH 88. Richmond BL 89. Brisbane GEEL 90. Geelong

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