“Jeff Halpern is close. He’s approaching his point where he’s going to be an NHL head coach,” Friedman said. Halpern is a Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach, winning back-to-back Stanley ...

Lightning assistants Jeff Blashill, Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler conducted the practices. “Guys have been off for a while, so (Wednesday’s) practice in particular was kind of touch the puck ...