PORT Adelaide will not serve up “trade bait” to Essendon in return for ruckman-forward Paddy Ryder at the opening of trade talks in Melbourne on Monday.

Power coach Ken Hinkley told The Advertiser he has not tapped any player to become a sacrificial offering to the Bombers to secure the contracted Ryder — and he certainly will not satisfy Essendon’s wish for a star player such as 2013 All-Australian Chad Wingard.

Port will open the trade session on Monday with its first-round draft pick — currently No. 16 — as its only offering for Ryder who has walked out on the Bombers.

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This would become the Bombers’ first call in a draft that still carries sanctions against Essendon for the supplements saga at Windy Hill.

“We think our first-round draft pick is fair for Paddy Ryder,” Hinkley said yesterday in an exclusive interview with The Advertiser. “And we do want to be fair with Essendon.

media_camera Essendon says pick 16 from Port Adelaide is not enough to secure Ryder. Picture: Colleen Petch

“We deny ourselves a 10-year player who we’d get at No. 16 — people have to remember that. Essendon, if it gets pick 16 right, gets a 10-year player. We get (26-year-old) Paddy Ryder for five or six years.”

Essendon reaffirmed No. 16 would not be enough for Ryder. It already has declared it wants a player swap with the Power and has nominated the trade bait to be of the quality of Wingard.

“They are not getting him,” Hinkley said. “We did not (poach) Paddy Ryder to make him leave Essendon. Paddy Ryder made that decision to leave Essendon and then chose Port Adelaide.

“We will do everything we possibly can to make sure that happens for Paddy. But we will make it happen on a fair basis. I’d like to think it is with draft picks rather than players.”

The circuit breaker in an inevitable impasse with Essendon is Ryder using the AFL’s new exit clause from contracts by seeking a grievance committee ruling that the Bombers had failed in their duty of care to him. Ryder would then become a delisted free agent with no compensation to the Dons.

Hinkley also has appealed to Essendon to look at the long-term return in trading Ryder for pick No. 16. He pointed to the Chris Judd trade from West Coast to Carlton that delivered key forward Josh Kennedy to the Eagles.

“Who did better in the long term?” Hinkley said.

“There is not an immediate pay-off. But I was taught a very valuable lesson very early on in this industry: When you are in this situation, the trade should be fair for both teams.

“If you are in it to win it all the time, if you have to come out in front all the time, you will make bad deals more often than not.

“You know you have to pay a price to get some quality — and we know we have to pay a price to bring Paddy to our football club. We’re prepared to pay, as long as it is fair.”

media_camera Daniel Gorringe is keen ti join the Power. Picture: Zak Simmonds

Hinkley does not dismiss a Power player could become part of the Ryder deal — if one chooses to leave Alberton in search of greater opportunities at Essendon or a third club is dragged into the trade.

“That’s a reality,” Hinkley said. “The reality is at some stage a player may be wanted by another club and the player wants to go there.

“There may be a player on our list who wants opportunity to play more. If they come forward — and there is always someone you don’t expect, so I’m not going to say there won’t be a player traded.”

Port will enter the trade with two clear targets — Ryder and contracted Gold Coast ruckman Daniel Gorringe who has nominated the Power in a go-home move. But Hinkley does not want to sacrifice draft picks for quick-fix trades.

“We don’t take our eye off the ball as to how you get sustained success — you draft and you develop,” Hinkley said. “But you can always add bits to the puzzle if you are very selective and very careful about how you (trade).

“We have done that in the past couple of years. This year will be no different, particularly when we know (the ruck division) of our team needs strengthening. We are selective on what we put into our side.”