{"id":527995,"date":"2026-03-28T19:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527995\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:15:44","slug":"peter-chiarelli-kevin-maxwell-departing-blues-front-office-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527995\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Chiarelli, Kevin Maxwell Departing Blues Front Office \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blues vice president of hockey operations Peter Chiarelli and pro scout Kevin Maxwell<\/a> will not return to the club next season, Darren Dreger of TSN<\/a> reports. Chiarelli\u2019s departure comes as he\u2019s progressed in the interview process to fill the Predators\u2019 pending general manager vacancy, while Maxwell will be joining the Rangers in a yet-to-be-disclosed management role, Dreger adds.<\/p>\n

It may not be the only front office turnover St. Louis will see in the coming weeks. This is Doug Armstrong\u2019s last season in the GM role. The team announced way back in 2024 that following the end of the 2025-26 campaign, Armstrong would elevate to president of hockey operations, while Alexander Steen<\/a>, who played 765 games as a Blue and has been a special assistant to Armstrong over the past two years, would step into the GM\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a complete overhaul \u2013 Armstrong will still hold a fairly powerful role \u2013 but one that will nonetheless lead to a bit of a shakeup. Chiarelli, 61, had been part of the Blues\u2019 front office for the past seven years. He first joined Armstrong as a senior advisor following their Stanley Cup win in 2019 and was promoted to his current VP role two years later.<\/p>\n

As one of the league\u2019s more experienced executives, it\u2019s no surprise the Predators have reached out to him about succeeding Barry Trotz. It would be Chiarelli\u2019s third go-around as a GM, first heading up the Bruins from 2006-15 (and winning a Stanley Cup in the process) before managing the Oilers from 2015-19.<\/p>\n

The Predators have cast a wide net in their search, opening themselves up to experience-heavy candidates like Chiarelli while also considering up-and-comers. They\u2019ve previously been linked<\/a> to former Habs GM and current Sabres AGM\u00a0Marc Bergevin<\/a>\u00a0as well as Panthers AGM Brett Peterson. Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet<\/a> reported today that they\u2019ve also interviewed Oilers AGM Bill Scott.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Maxwell has been with the Blues since 2022. In addition to his scouting duties, he\u2019s also served as the GM for their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds, a role normally reserved for an AGM. St. Louis will need to find a replacement there.<\/p>\n

The 65-year-old Maxwell has been in scouting roles as far back as the late 1980\u2019s with the Flyers, and has also logged stints with the Whalers, Islanders, and Stars. He then joined the Rangers, where he\u2019s set to return now, as a pro scout in 2008 and was promoted to their director of pro scouting in 2011. He held that role until his departure from the organization to join the Blues in 2022.<\/p>\n

That the Blues are willing to part ways with Maxwell is unsurprising. Springfield is on track to miss the playoffs for the second time in four seasons under Maxwell \u2013 a hard feat in a league where 23 of 32 teams qualify. The year before he took over, Springfield had advanced all the way to the Calder Cup Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blues vice president of hockey operations Peter Chiarelli and pro scout Kevin Maxwell will not return to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[5,60839,231,35,30,30941,84],"class_list":["post-527995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hockey","tag-hockey","tag-kevin-maxwell","tag-nashville-predators","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-newsstand","tag-peter-chiarelli","tag-st-louis-blues"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116308408173167623","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}