offseason. The biggest moves seem to be completely hinged on total unknowns (ie. he could have re-signed Ehrhoff but could he have moved Keith Ballard to make room? He could have signed a forward other than Sturm but what type of offer did he have to make to acquire a better player?). On the subject of Christian Ehrhoff, frankly he is making Mike Gillis look pretty good right now (although there could be a litany of reasons why he is struggling, the Canucks don't seem to miss him much - but we'll see what happens when the first top four defenseman drops for an extended period). Marco Sturm, meh. Low percentage, low risk contract offer. I'd say it's worked out pretty well for us (although obviously Sturm looked terrible in a Canucks uniform so far) and I would not say that Gillis missed out on a better player by signing Sturm - at least, based on what information the public is privy to. I'm not a big fan of the Andrew Alberts re-signing but I don't think it's a huge factor one way or the other, and I don't think the team would have much trouble unloading this player if an upgrade presented itself. I'm pleased with all of the other re-signings, at worst like Andrew Alberts all of these players are highly moveable (the obvious exception being Kevin Bieksa.. whose history dictates that we wait and see how he plays over a couple of years before deeming his contract