Top 3 coaching candidates that would be perfect for the Capitals
#1 Jeff Halpern
The number one candidate who the Caps should hire is Jeff Halpern. It looks like according to the rumors they already talked to Halpern and Carbery among others.
Halpern has spend the past five seasons as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was an assistant coach with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch for two seasons before joining the Bolts.
The 47 year old also had a 14 year NHL career as a player, having appeared in 976 career games with the Capitals, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Arizona Coyotes.
Halpern hails from Potomac, Maryland and he joined the Caps as an undrafted free agent. He spent time there from 1999 through 2006 as well as the 2011 12 season. He played in a total of 507 games with the Capitals.
Halpern was teammates with Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and John Carlson when they were basically kids. It would be cool to see him return to his hometown organization getting a chance to see him coach Ovechkin as he chases one of sports biggest records.
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Hopefully we’ll know who the new Capitals coach is at some point but I’d be shocked if it was somebody other than the three we mentioned here.