Because he is on his way to Hawthorn.

Reports on Wednesday suggest that the Port Adelaide star has nominated Melbourne, Essendon and the Hawks as his three preferred options for a trade.

It was a nice tactic by the Burgoyne camp, led by his manager and former Big Brother winner Ben Williams, to put that information out there for public consumption, but there is no way he will be playing for Melbourne because they won't be able to make the deal.

The Dees hold the first two picks at November's AFL draft, neither of which they would trade for Burgoyne. Their second round pick wouldn't be enough. They also have the first pick at the preseason draft, but you'd have to think that Port Adelaide is in a different situation to the time in 2004 they let Nick Stevens walk to Carlton for nothing, and therefore more willing to reach for a trade. Mark Williams might be stubborn, but we don't think he's stupid.

Back to the national draft. Hawthorn comes in at pick nine, followed by the Bombers with pick 10, which gives the Hawks the slight upper hand. In a nice piece of irony, Matthew Lloyd's hit on Brad Sewell, which helped the Bombers clinch the round 22 finals decider, now gives the Hawks the edge in the dealings for Burgoyne.

The bulletin boards suggest the deal between the Hawks and Port is already well down the path towards being completed. Indeed, talks between the Hawks and Burgoyne's management began earlier in the year and probably explains why Williams lobbied hard, but unsuccessfully, for Burgoyne to be his captain this year.

The wild card in all of this however, might be Andrew Lovett. If the Dons are prepared to bundle the talented but inconsistent speedster along with the 10th selection in November, Port might be tempted to do the deal.

That might leave the Hawks having to offer pick 9 and a premiership player in order to trump what the Dons put on the table.

But for now, with Hawk list manager Chris Pelchen having already made clear that pick 9 is available, it would be safe to bet that Burgoyne will become the latest member of the Port Adelaide diaspora to find a new home at Waverley Park.