Collingwood have announced the re-signings of seven players, including Tom Langdon, Darcy Moore and Josh Thomas.
Langdon (three-year extension) and Moore (two years) were among several Magpies linked with a move away from the club this trade period, though the pair, along with five of their clubmates, have signed contract extensions.
Lynden Dunn (one year), Jamie Elliott (one year), Tim Broomhead (one year) and Flynn Appleby (two years) round out the rest of the crop.
The re-signings continue - https://t.co/MDgT2yVLGi Get the lowdown on the latest Pies to put pen to paper #FOREVER pic.twitter.com/wChtCBBn6u
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Langdon and Thomas (three years) were the only two of the seven to play in the grand final lost to West Coast, with injuries ravaging the Pies list in 2018.
Elliott, an exciting small forward at his best, failed to play a senior game in 2018 as he battled persistent hamstring injuries.
Dunn managed to play the first 14 games of the season in the Pies backline before going down with an ACL injury.
The 2018 season was barely five minutes old for defender Tim Broomhead when he quite literally wrapped his leg around the goal post in round two, ruling him out for the year.
19-year-old Appleby is the youngest of the bunch, making his debut in round six before playing nine games in the top grade.
Magpies list manager Ned Guy said the current squad had the right age profile to achieve success.
"This is a squad that is still discovering how good it can be, a squad that is still to ripen," Guy said.
"For a majority of the players on our list, the prime years of their careers are out there in front of them.
"A lot of work over a number of years went into piecing the squad together and if you combine the profile of the list, the improvement we witnessed this year and the improvement to come then keeping largely with what we have and adding to it through select trading and drafting is prudent."
