Elbows Up, folks

Dear Canada: Can we still be friends?

A few days ago, my wife ended a Facebook post about the dangerous political theater of "Canada becoming the 51st state" with a simple phrase: "Elbows up." I’d never heard that phrase before. But I love it.

I didn’t grow up playing hockey. I’ve lived in Minnesota for 20 years, so I kinda had to know a little bit about it as part of my job. Where I’m from,…