McMichael's Blues Arbitration: When It's Never Really About the Money

Connor McMichael and the St. Louis Blues are headed to arbitration, but this isn't your typical salary dispute between a player and front office trying to squeeze an extra hundred grand. There's something deeper brewing here - a fundamental disagreement about value, respect, and what the organization owes one of its young pieces. The arbitration hearing will force both sides to make their case, but the real question is whether this relationship can survive the process intact.