Tuesday's Mid-Season Draft was dominated by mature-agers, with 11 players from the VFL, seven from the SANFL and just one from the Talent League selected.
As expected, most clubs targeted list needs after Essendon used their Pick 1 on the player consensually viewed as the best player in the crop.
Six key-position players were picked up, including four rucks, with former Sydney player Hugo Hall-Kahan the only formerly listed player to get a second chance.
A total of 12 clubs participated, with GWS, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Fremantle, Sydney Swans and Geelong not taking a player.
Below is a club-by-club grading.
St Kilda (Campbell Lake)
Grade: B
St Kilda emerge with Campbell Lake who is viewed as one of the most balanced small forwards in the competition, possessing goal-kicking ability, dynamism and high pressure. There were question marks around his kicking, but that has lifted this year.
A graduate of Gold Coast's Academy, he has put together a consistent body of work in the VFL. He is a sensible addition to an area of the ground so important in the modern game where St Kilda perhaps lack starpower outside of Jack Higgins.
Perhaps other players have more upside than the hard working Lake, but he will bring a level of consistency and work ethic that will be hard to match.
