Practice notes from beat reporter Joe Smith: Victor Hedman participates in his first full practice. Triplets are back together. Jason Garrison had a “body maintenance day.”
Speaking of Hedman, he’s living in style. $3.95 million worth of it. [Tampa Bay Times]
Offensive dry spell is taking a toll on the team. [Tampa Bay Times]
Meet Jim O’Connell, who you might be hearing a lot of/from soon. He’s a Tampa native who graduated from Wake Forest University, had a White House job and is a Rhodes Scholar. Along the way, he connected with Lightning owner Jeff Vinik, and now O’Connell is returning home to serve as CEO of the Vinik Family Foundation.