High price, but I'd do it. McLean and Papley were essentially playing the same role this year, stats were close between them except McLean averaged .7 goals, Papley 1.7 goals. So Papley is a big upgrade for this role.
McLeans best position is midfield. But is he going to play there: Bonts, Macrae, Dunkley, Lipinski, B. Smith, Libba, Wallis, Hunter (wing), West, Porter. If he's not and say Sydney promised him permanent midfield minutes, then he should look at a trade if we get a player who can take a run in the midfield, and still average 1.7 goals a game.
Hopefully getting Pick 26 for Picks 32 & 52. That leaves us:
Papley (pick 13)
Bruce (pick 26 via trade of 32 & 52)
Keath (pick 44)
2020 3rd (pick 50)
RFA Tom Nicholls (ruck insurance)
Draft Picks: 25, 88 & upgrade La Young.
7 spots: (1) Boyd (2) Picken (3) Morris (4) McLean (5) Webb (6) Roberts (7) Dickson, owing to Papley
Needs: decent CHF (tick), decent CHB (tick), good small forward (tick), mature ruck insurance (tick). Walk away very, very happy.
I don't want to lose McLean, but since we are playing him in a Papley like role and Papley plays it much better, it's worth thinking about. I'm not certain where the match committee see him fitting in in terms of role. It's a bit high of price, but you have to pay a higher price to get good players out of their club. If that offer got put in front of Sam Power and Toby & his manger, there's probably a serious conversation. An exchange of third rounders next year would balance it out a little more.
Edit:
Ranked 9th in Total Goal Assists
Ranked 15th in Total Goals
Ranked 16th in Total Bounces
Ranked 19th Goal Assist Per Game
Ranked 20th Bounces Per Game
37 goals, 28 behinds, 20 Goal assists - best game this year 27 disposals, 7 marks, 5 goals vs WCE