It has been an off-season of change at Melbourne Storm but Dale Finucane is confident the NRL powerhouse can fill the void of experience left by a number of departures.

Will Chambers, Curtis Scott and Brodie Croft have left but FInucane was confident the Storm – who have consistently dealt with player turnover in recent years – and coach Craig Bellamy would once again find a way to replace them.

“I think I look back to the first grand final I was involved with here in 2016 and the amount of that playing group that moved on – I think we had five regular first-graders in that side that moved on,” Finucane said.

“And every year since then – the ’17 grand final, the ’18 grand final – a significant amount of players have moved on but Craig’s found a way to bring new guys in and develop our younger guys to play in those positions that have been vacated by the older guys that have left.

“I’ve got full faith in the coaching staff that they’ll be able to find someone to fill those roles.”

Finucane conceded Chambers would be a big loss to the Storm’s leadership group but also cited Ryan Papenhuyzen’s breakthrough 2019 season as an example of how the club could replace quality players.

The Storm currently have a limited training group, with a number of international representative players and skipper Cameron Smith not due to return for pre-season until after Christmas.

In 2020, Bellamy’s side will be out to improve on last season’s preliminary final exit but Finucane said he wasn’t holding on to the loss to the Roosters – or the previous season’s grand final defeat.

“I don’t always reflect necessarily the year before or hold any anger or any extra motivation because of what happened the year before,” he said.

“I’m purely about looking forward and look at the opportunities that we have with the players we have at the moment so my focus is on now.”

Finucane said he hadn’t had the chance to speak to Suliasi Vunivalu about his future.

The winger will play out next season before moving to Super Rugby side Queensland Reds.

“It is what it is – that’s the nature of our game, it’s obviously business orientated these days as well,” Finucane said.

“You do have to look after yourself and your family so I completely understand players doing that.”