As the great Perry Como once sang around this time of year, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Contention.” At least I’m pretty sure that was the name of Como’s holiday hit, which was also later recorded by such crooners as Bing Crosby and Michael Bublé. The song was (I believe) written in the early 1950’s, cleverly worded to apply to hockey teams that start to play a little bit better team defense in December and factor themselves back into playoff races, despite early season struggles. Don’t quote me on any of that, but I believe I’m correct in the history of the song.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Contention for the Wild, which returns home tonight
