I don’t know what conversations were had between David and Longmuir last season. It would have been great having David around next year, but he might have been on the fringes of the team, and I’m not sure it makes sense having a legend running around at Peel.
Either way, he’s not here, Tucker wanted to leave, Acres is gone, Longmuir clearly thought Blakely was irredeemable, and now we have a midfield with an average age of around 20 (assuming Fyfe mostly plays forward). All of this is subject to the trade and salary, but I can’t see how adding one 29 year old to the current mix is hurtful, even if it’s for guys like Erasmus and Johnson to have someone else to learn from.