{"id":598331,"date":"2026-06-14T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/598331\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T02:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:18:11","slug":"evening-notes-pavelski-wranglers-luypen-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/598331\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Notes: Pavelski, Wranglers, Luypen \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Montreal Canadiens\u2019 success with rookie head coach Martin St. Louis<\/a> has made its ripples around the league. 2024 retiree and veteran of more than 1,300 NHL games Joe Pavelski<\/a> confirmed he has spoken with the Toronto Maple Leafs about their head coaching vacancy while speaking to Curtis Pashelka of The Mercury News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like St. Louis before joining Montreal, Pavelski has not coached at a pro level, instead spending the years since retirement coaching his son\u2019s 14U and 15U teams with the Madison Capitals AAA program. While that won\u2019t lend much experience, there is no doubt about Pavelski\u2019s experience at the top level. He was lauded for his professionalism, versatility, and hockey IQ through 16 years in the NHL \u2013 which included four years as captain of the San Jose Sharks.<\/p>\n

Pavelski routinely rivaled 60, 70, or even 80 points each season on the back of fundamental offense. That included becoming one of the best net-front presences, and shot-tippers, in the NHL despite a sub-6-foot frame. That experience could path Pavelski into an impactful coaching role \u2013 a potential the Maple Leafs will assess through their final rounds of their hiring process.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the league:<\/p>\n

The Calgary Wranglers have hired<\/a> John Dean<\/a> as an assistant coach. This move will shift Dean to the pro flight after spending the last eight years overseeing the OHL\u2019s Soo Greyhounds. He led the Greyhounds to five of a potential six postseasons in that tenure \u2013 two cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic \u2013 though the club couldn\u2019t get by the second round. Dean did oversee multiple NHL prospects in his reign, including top 2026 draft defenseman Chase Reid<\/a> this season. He also coached Flames players Rory Kerins<\/a> and Morgan Frost<\/a>, as well as top 2025 pick Brady Martin<\/a>. Dean will now move to the ranks he has led many players to, taking on a pro role for the first time in his career.
\nThe Hershey Bears re-signed forward Jalen Luypen<\/a> to a one-year, AHL contract<\/a> for next season. Luypen split the 2025-26 campaign between a loan to the Tucson Roadrunners and an assignment to the ECHL. He proved much more effective in the latter setting, where he scored 14 goals and 37 points in 35 games. Luypen backed that scoring with seven points in 24 AHL games on the year. He rotated through depth roles with the Rockford IceHogs in 2023-24 and 2024-25 \u2013 and will now compete for a similar spot with a perennial contender in Hershey next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Canadiens\u2019 success with rookie head coach Martin St. Louis has made its ripples around the league.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[401,26,5,31980,4286,4,625,403,31],"class_list":["post-598331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ahl","tag-calgary-flames","tag-hockey","tag-jalen-luypen","tag-joe-pavelski","tag-nhl","tag-ohl","tag-players","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116746066581878526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598331","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=598331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}