{"id":555530,"date":"2026-04-18T21:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555530\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:15:40","slug":"blues-part-ways-with-assistant-coaches-claude-julien-mike-weber-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555530\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues Part Ways with Assistant Coaches Claude Julien, Mike Weber"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The St. Louis Blues are moving in a new direction behind the bench, announcing Friday that they will not renew the contracts of assistant coaches Claude Julien and Mike Weber.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank Claude and Mike for their contributions during their time with the organization,\u201d Armstrong said in a statement. \u201cWith their contracts set to expire this summer, we wanted to give them the opportunity to move on to the next chapter of their coaching careers while we work to build a coaching staff that is best suited to lead our team moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julien, 65, joined the Blues as an assistant coach in the summer of 2024, adding a veteran presence to the staff with more than 20 years of NHL coaching experience. During his time in St. Louis, the team posted an 81-63-20 record and reached the postseason in 2025.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the Blues, Julien held multiple head coaching roles across the league, including stints with the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, and Boston Bruins. He is perhaps best known for his tenure in Boston, where he led the Bruins to a Stanley Cup championship in 2011 and remained behind the bench for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n

Weber, 38, was hired by St. Louis in 2023 as part of a younger wave of coaching talent. During his two seasons with the club, the Blues compiled a 124-96-26 regular-season record and also qualified for the playoffs in 2025.<\/p>\n

Before joining the NHL ranks, Weber built his coaching resume in the minor and junior leagues. He spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the Rochester Americans from 2020 to 2023 and previously worked with the Windsor Spitfires from 2018 to 2020. A former NHL defenseman, Weber brought a player\u2019s perspective to the Blues\u2019 bench, particularly in working with the team\u2019s blue line.<\/p>\n

The departures of Julien and Weber signal the start of what could be a significant offseason for the Blues organization. After returning to the playoffs in 2025, expectations have shifted toward building a more consistent contender in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

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Writer covering the St. Louis Blues | Student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism | Follow me on X for live Blues updates and news: @JoshDMichel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are moving in a new direction behind the bench, announcing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[71,62758,13391,5,62759,40,4,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-555530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-blues","8":"tag-blues","9":"tag-claude-julian","10":"tag-coaching-change","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-mike-weber","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-st-louis","16":"tag-st-louis-blues","17":"tag-stlouis","18":"tag-stlouisblues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116427786831331914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555530","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=555530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}