Sydney coach Paul Roos has hosed down suggestions the AFL club will use its burgeoning war chest to try and lure some big-name players to replace a swag of departing stars.

The retiring trio of fullback Leo Barry, midfielder Jared Crouch and full forward and club games record-holder Michael O'Loughlin will each play their final game against Brisbane at the SCG on Saturday.

With star forward Barry Hall recently severing ties with the Swans and midfielder Nic Fosdike and dashing Irish defender Tadhg Kennelly both leaving earlier in the year, Sydney now have plenty of wriggle-room financially.

However Roos stressed that, with no free agency in the AFL, Sydney still weren't in a position to fill the vacancies by targeting off-contract stars at other clubs.

He also emphasised Sydney wouldn't be prepared to sacrifice their top draft picks in the last uncompromised draft before the Gold Coast and western Sydney teams enter the competition.

"A lot of talk is about all our players going and how much money we've got," Roos said.

"There's no such thing as free agency, so there's got to be a reason a player leaves (a club to go to another).

"Generally by now you know which players might be leaving - so certainly, in terms of the war chest, we will keep it for another day, to be honest.

"We will try and get a couple of quality kids, at least, but we will probably have six, seven or eight spots at the end of the year up for some younger players.

"But at this stage, it will be unlikely we will be spending too much money on players from other clubs."

Bulldogs fullback Brian Lake has been touted as a potential replacement for Barry but Roos said he expected the defender to stay at his current club.

Roos reiterated he would be interested in talking to Kennelly about the possibility of returning to Sydney should he achieve his ambition of winning an all-Ireland Gaelic football title.

Kennelly's team Kerry plays in a semi-final on Sunday.

The Sydney coach expected his team to play well against Brisbane so they could give their retiring stars a winning send-off.

However, Roos said there was no way of telling how each player would respond to what would inevitably be an emotional situation.

"Sometimes it (the emotion) can work against you and sometimes it can work for you," Roos said.

With Barry playing on smaller forwards in his previous two games since returning from injury, the veteran fullback won't necessarily get to play on one of Brisbane's key forwards, Daniel Bradshaw or Jonathan Brown.

"We've got Heath Grundy, Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Craig Bolton and Leo (Barry) that can find themselves on those two big guys at any particular stage," Roos said.

The Swans will make at least one forced change with forward Jarred Moore recovering from broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Roos said midfielders Jarrad McVeigh and Luke Ablett were both in line to return from injury, provided they came through training this week.

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