The storyline out of Vancouver is the lack of points so far out up by one of their star players in Rikki Petrov. Rikki who finished last season with a decent amount of points is falling behind many players in the league as he has only compiled 14 points total so far this season and 13 of those are assists. His shooting so far has been abysmal but that has never really been the strong point of his game. He is still setting up his teammates well with his 13 assists but in general is just lacking in the point department. Now Rikki at least has a defensive game to go with his playmaking ability as well and generally is considered a pretty balanced two-way center and has at least shown that ability. With a game rating of 64 offensive and 63 defensive you can see the true balance. Now, Rikki has not played bad but he could play better and for the Whalers to keep improving it will be super important for Petrov to turn it around. If not, it could hurt Vancouver for a playoff run!