St. Louis Blues fire multiple coaches

It was an up and down season for the St. Louis Blues, who made the difficult decisions to move on from franchise cornerstones Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko, both of whom played key roles in bringing the Gateway City their first ever Stanley Cup championship in 2019. 

They officially missed the playoffs for the first time since 2011, and not surprisingly, they're already making personnel changes. Minutes ago, it was announced by the team that their coaching staff for next season will be looking very different, as assistant coaches Mike Van Ryan as well as Craig MacTavish were given their walking papers. 

Right now, it appears as though head coach Craig Berube and assistant Steve Ott are safe for the time being. The same holds true for Goaltending Coach David Alexander, Video Coach Darryl Seward and Video Coordinator Elliott Mondou.

Van Ryn, who played for the Blues over the course of his NHL career, had been an assistant for the last five seasons and helped the team to the Stanley Cup in 2019. Meanwhile, MacTavish was coming off his first year behind the bench as an assistant with the Blues. After an extensive playing career that included several Stanley Cup wins with the Edmonton Oilers, MacTavish served as their head coach and later a team executive.