Before the 2017 season had begun, Shane Yarran retired due to dramas outside of football.
[1] At the season's end veterans Zac Dawson and Garrick Ibbotson decided to retire from professional football.
[4] Nick Suban who had been awarded life membership at the 2017 Doig Medal event, was also delisted after nine years at the club.
[6][7] Fremantle made an effort to bring defender Nathan Wilson to the club from Greater Western Sydney.
[8] Fremantle also pulled off one of the biggest trades of the off-season when they were able to gain pick 2 in the 2017 draft from Gold Coast in exchange for Lachie Weller,[9] while also making another trade with the Suns to bring Brandon Matera to the club.