On Friday, the St. Louis Blues announced that assistants Claude Julien and Mike Weber will not be brought back.

“I would like to thank Claude and Mike for their contributions during their time with the organization,” Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said in a statement.  “With 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.”

Julien, 65, joined the Blues as an assistant coach in the summer of 2024. The Blind River, Ontario, native helped guide the Blues to an 81-63-20 regular-season record during his tenure, along with a postseason appearance in 2025.  Julien has more than 20 years of coaching experience, including NHL head coaching stints with Montreal from 2002-06 and 2016-21, New Jersey from 2006-07 and Boston from 2008-17.

Weber, 38, joined the Blues as an assistant coach in the summer of 2023. During his tenure, the Blues posted a 124-96-26 regular-season record and made a postseason appearance in 2025. The Pittsburgh native previously served as an assistant coach with the AHL’s Rochester Americans from 2020-23 and the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires from 2018-20.

While the staff worked together to help the Blues reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs last year, nearly eliminating the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets, the team didn’t have the same fortune in 2025-26, finishing fifth in the Central Division, missing the last Wild Card spot in the Western Conference by four points.

Neither was hired under the current head coach, Jim Montgomery, who was brought in early in the 2024-25 campaign. Now, the front office will give Montgomery the chance to bring in his own hires.