Not sure that follows, ant.
Sam Docherty missed pretty much two years and is flying.
But I do reckon Rance's age is a factor.
Oh, he could come back and have two great years with whoever, no doubt. But this is the thing - it's risk management. Age, injury, two years out of the system, questions over the departure from the playing group at Richmond. Against that, a champion who is also an obsessed fitness freak and workaholic.
My bet is no-one will give up a first rounder for Rance, I'll be wrapt if the team got a deal like that done though.
On Butts and Lloyd - fringe players who didn't have great years prior to their departure - Lloyd had a good year last year and Butts has started great at St Kilda, but could have been a different story for either. Clubs will always balance potential gain against potential non-performance. If you can only get a second rounder as compo for Ellis - dual premiership player who played nearly all games and finals since 2017, then you are not going to get second rounders for Butts or Lloyd. Sorry, that's the reality.