I don't want to name names but I noticed that one team protected Shane Spencer. He did not play last year, is probably retired and he's Shane Spencer!

What are we supposed to do? Give all the lousy teams the top talent every year and/or draft for them as well?

I think as PB makes further improvements, these lousy teams will get replaced by better GM's and become more competitive. Furthermore, even the best teams grow old and have to eventually retool their talent base falling further back to the pack or below (see Diamond Dreamers in F18) during that time.

I also think FA draft process should remain random. You have a better chance of avoiding season-end "tanking" to get poorest record possible.