St Kilda coach Ross Lyon has given positive updates on the health of stars Max King, Tom De Koning and Brad Hill.
Lyon assured that Hill, fresh off a 42-disposal performance against Essendon, was fit to play after his foot was stomped on during last weekend's match.
He also said that De Koning (ribs) and King (hamstring) were tracking in the right direction for returns.
"Tommy's lung is fine," Lyon said in a press conference on Wednesday.
"He's back running. It gives him a little break from the club. He got down to the surf coast with the family and ran, but he was in the meeting yesterday in the happy review. He is on his way.
"Max will train this week for the team. I wouldn't have used the word, 'imminent', but someone did so that sort of lit it up. But he has made real ground. In the fullness of time we'll get there.
"I'm going to have a meeting later in the week, probably Friday, the day before the game, with our high performance team to get an exact feel on it. But yeah, it's 'imminent'."
Young gun Saint Darcy Wilson has produced a brilliant 2026 season so far, averaging a goal and 21 disposals per game, with clubs across the league circling the 20-year-old with big money deals this upcoming off-season.
Lyon was at his vague and tongue-in-cheek best as he described Wilson's season and contract status.
"It's a real weight of numbers performance (by Wilson)," he said.
"It's great to see young players developing, obviously there is a lot of noise around him.
"But half of what you hear or none of what you hear and half of what you read. He is progressing, possession is nine tenths of the law. But it's the market you work in and ultimately you have to build an environment and develop his football and create opportunity and we feel we are doing that.
"But that applies to all our players, to be honest. We have 44 players that we like to look after fairly. I don't think everyone is equal because that would be communism wouldn't it? He would be getting ($150,000 a season)."
Lyon indicated midfielder and tagger Marcus Windhager would continue his newfound role at half-back, despite the club playing an in-form Port Adelaide and Zak Butters this Saturday.
