Your savory breakfast links:
- Lots of “Ups” in this week’s Ups and Downs… but it’s not a clean sweep (unlike that Western Canadian road trip). [Rink]
- The biggest “Up” of them all was Evgeny Kuznetsov, who was named the League’s First Star of the Week yesterday. [Capitals, Rink, WaPo, CSNMA, THW]
- And you can get in on the Kuznetsov action by simply donating a pint of your blood. [Capitals]
- News and notes from back-to-work day out at Kettler:
- So far, so good, Caps. [CSNMA, RMNB, Stars and Sticks]
- Barry Trotz chatted with the gents on Sportsnet’s Hockey Central yesterday… [KK]
- … and answered five more questions for NHL.com. [NHL.com]
- Is this the year? [The Sports Quotient]
- Could old-friend-turned-mortal-enemy Eric Fehr make his season debut tomorrow night against the Caps? (Spoiler alert: no!) [Post-Gazette]
- Madison Bowey is Hockey’s Future’s 47th-ranked prospect. [HF]
- In other prospect news, Brian Pinho is doing things. [SBN College Hockey]
- Bears President and GM Doug Yingst is retiring at year’s end, but that’s still a ways off. [Patriot-News]
- “Pierre Garçon” could easily be the name of a prospect buried in the Habs’ system, but you know better… but did you know he’s reppin’ the Caps on NFL Network? #dcrising [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Finally, very happy 57th birthday wishes to Caps GM Brian MacLellan.