This year's free agency and trade period is officially closed following an October window that saw a multitude of players and draft assets change hands, and with that, premiership intentions for next season.

While the off-season's strongly mooted moves, such as Brodie Grundy's Sydney swap and Shane McAdam's Melbourne transition, came to fruition, we also saw some unexpected exchanges lodged at AFL House; including Taylor Adams' shock relocation to the Harbour City and Lachie Schultz's surprising Collingwood switch.

While there was some doubt over Essendon and Port Adelaide's ability to complete their considerable amount of business, they did just that, as Brandon Zerk-Thatcher and Xavier Duursma swapped allegiances on the final day of dealing.

However, while we were witness to a bevy of deals across the competition, there were some deals that didn't quite get over the line, including Elliott Himmelberg's eagerness to get to GWS to join forces with his brother; established defender Harrison.

In any case, what's done is done, and now we're left to review all that went down.

Instead of undergoing the mundane process of labelling each team's off-season with a letter grade, we assessed how happy every club is on a scale of 'very happy' through to 'very unhappy' after October's festivities.

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Port Adelaide

The Power brought in all of Ivan Soldo, Jordon Sweet, Esava Ratugolea and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher to hit their targets before the deadline.

They rejuvenate their ruck stocks for the coming years with the additions of Soldo and Sweet, who both have points to prove at senior level.

While they might've paid more than what they would've liked for Ratugolea, they still got their man for a second-round selection and some late picks.

The Zerk-Thatcher deal went down to the wire and it did mean they lost Xavier Duursma, however the Power managed to add multiple draft picks in that trade package.

How are they feeling? HAPPY 

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