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@richpuchalsky
Eh, I get what you're saying, but I think it comes off different inside the Canadian cultural context, and the extent that hockey is tied up in it. Elbows up is a call to fight and specifically to cause harm to your opponent in a way that's not respectable or reasonable, and it's understood that way here. Like, you put your elbow out to break someone's nose or knock their chiclets out, not to win a game.