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A playoff-berth bar to be met or raised in Tampa Bay sports in the months ahead

A drought to end, a streak to continue, and the number 10 to be met or raised in 2016/17.

While you wait for the NHL to cease its summer hibernation and the Tampa Bay Lightning franchise to resume competition within it, the rest of the sports world treks on. Major League Baseball just had its All-Star break, the trade deadline is looming in that league as well (...and the Tampa Bay Rays are in mired in non-competitiveness). On the international scene, not only is the World Cup of Hockey forthcoming but the general sports world will ignite for the Summer Olympics in Brazil.