Tuesday Caps Clips: Star Power

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:
  • In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Backstrom, Johansson, Kuznetsov), CSNMA]
• 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.