Draft watch: Recruiters say GWS will keep No.1 pick and use it on power forward Tom Boyd Top draft prospect Tom Boyd at home in Ringwood North. Picture: Lawrence Pinder Source: Leader DRAFT WATCH: TOM Boyds junior career could be over but the hulking full-forward remains certain to command this years No.1 draft pick. And in a blow to clubs queuing up to bid for Boyd after Greater Western Sydney's declaration the top pick was on the trade table, industry experts believe talk of a deal is fanciful. A handful of club scouts canvassed by the Herald Sun believe GWS will not seriously offer up the prized pick. They agreed it could have been a strategic publicity ploy by the bottom-placed side, which also suggested picks No. 1, 2 and 3 were up for grabs last year. There's no way he won't end up at GWS. I don't think they'd want to go down as the club that didn't take Tom Boyd," one talent expert said. To prise that pick away ... geez, it would take some sort of deal. You would have to move heaven and earth, and I don't think that's realistic," a club recruiter said. There has been wide-ranging calls for Carlton, St Kilda, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs to try to assemble tantalizing offers to snatch Boyd, with the quartet all crying out for a spearhead. Boyd has missed nine weeks with nasty ligament damage to his left ankle, which he landed on awkwardly on while starring for Vic Metro at the national carnival. Follow Sam Landsberger on Twitter: @SamLandsberger Eastern Ranges region manager Anthony Parkin said the earliest Boyd could return was now in the TAC Cup preliminary final. He's touch and go. If we happen to win one final he might get back, but if we go out in straight sets he might not get back," Parkin said. They said it'd be about 12 (weeks). Some people said 6-8 but it was always 10-12. He's into his running program and doing everything right but we're going to be really cautious. Parkin said Boyd boasted the most natural talent he'd seen. He expects the 199cm, 102kg target to join fellow Ranges product Jon Patton and Coleman Medal fancy Jeremy Coleman in a powerful GWS attack Boyd could go in as a ruck-forward and playing with that midfield ... the rest of us might be thinking. How did that happen?. GWS will wind up an offensive weapon, they'll go nuts. AFL clubs are now eagerly awaiting the All-Australian's medical at October's draft combine. Another AFL recruiter said Boyd, who has booted 32 goals from seven matches this year, had been the most dominant junior player since Tom Hawkins but boasted even better burst speed, aerobic ability and leadership. The Giants sit one win and 0.5 per cent on the ladder below the Demons, who have asked for a priority pick. But clubs are adamant should the AFL Commission grant Melbourne an extra selection it will come at the end of the first round. Predicted top 10 picks Roos set to pay high price for McDonald The next Sam Dwyer Party boy's dream still alive Four contenders for No.1 pick