St Kilda have enjoyed some relief from their rotten AFL injury luck with in-form utility Mason Wood cleared for Saturday night's home game against Gold Coast.
Wood starred last weekend as the Saints beat Essendon to continue their perfect start to the season, but he also suffered a shoulder injury.
Liam Stocker (ankle) also will play against the Suns, but the Saints lost defender Jimmy Webster for about five weeks with a fractured cheekbone.
"When it happened - the impact, you're not sure," coach Ross Lyon said of Wood.
"He'll train and play, he's fine. It turned out to be lower-grade, it just didn't look good.
"He's been really important for us, but like all of our group we're only as good as our next moment.
"We expect Stocker to play, he just had a little tweak of the ankle. Jimmy Webster's a big loss ... he's tough, he's experienced - we'll miss him."
Webster joins a long casualty list headlined by key forward Max King, who suffered a serious shoulder injury in the pre-season.
King's return was also held up by a hamstring injury.
"We expect him to play before the mid-season bye and he's tracking really well," Lyon said.
"Obviously he had that hamstring, it's probably cost him two weeks.
"It's quite stressful losing really good players. They can't help, so I just put them to sleep until they're available."
As the Saints ride their strong start to the season, there was further good news this week when first-round draft pick Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera re-signed.
"All I've learned is build the environment where they can play great footy in competitive teams, and they tend to want to stay," Lyon said.
"In simple terms, it was an important signing. We are thrilled with it."
There was also media talk this week Lyon had clamped down on a poor drinking culture at the club since returning as coach late last year - speculation he says bemuses him.
"It took me by surprise a little bit - I can't make anyone do anything," he said.
"I don't have any line of sight on it. We've had conversations about what 'great' looks like in the AFL, so from there if they've modified, I don't really know because I don't ask them.
"I can guarantee you, I've never asked one player since I've been here, 'what did you do on the weekend and how much do you drink?'
"I want them to enjoy themselves. Clearly I'm not worried about it, am I?
"We give them two full days off post-game - I'm not too sure how many clubs in the AFL do that."
