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Former WWE star Tommy Dreamer has drawn parallels between Drew McIntyre’s character with that of the late Scott Hall.

Dreamer recently discussed on “Busted Open” McIntyre’s world title clash against Cody Rhodes and why it wasn’t the right time for the Scotsman to win it. He believes that McIntyre has to be an even bigger heel before he can win the title, a decision that he doesn’t think should be taken by WWE and co.

“Drew would have to double down on his heeling, which I know he could do to get it over. But I look at Drew like a Razor Ramon or a Scott Hall, where he’s a great body, a great worker, good looking. He’s got all the tools. Why do you boo him?” he asked. “I look at it, if he would have done it that way. I’m just talking from like an office point of view, or perspective. If I’m completely changing my game plan, I don’t know if I want to ruin Cody’s babyface-dom by losing to Drew because I think Drew then could be a bigger babyface, in the sense of while also being the heel, because if you look at the current trend, especially within the WWE and the top acts, that is a thing.”

Dreamer also mentioned another late star, Ravishing Rick Rude, as someone McIntyre’s character resembles. McIntyre had two opportunities to win the Undisputed World Championship, which is currently around the waist of Cody Rhodes. His first chance at the title came at Wrestlepalooza, where “The American Nightmare” successfully retained the title. The two then had an impromptu match on the October 17 edition of “WWE SmackDown,” after McIntyre’s original match with Jacob Fatu was canceled due to Fatu’s injury.

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Full disclosure: the Buffalo Sabres aren’t particularly interested in the NHL’s individual awards. But who’s kidding who — you always like to perform well, and that’s somthing  the league de facto acknowledges by handing out end-of-season honours.

But where are the true individual award front-runners in Buffalo? There are some outside possibilities for Tage Thompson and Rasmus Dahlin to win the Hart Trophy, and for Dahlin to also take home the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman.

After that, there’s pretty much no other Sabres players who will be in the mix for an individual award this coming season. For instance, there’s not going to be a Vezina Trophy-winner from the Sabres. Their small army of goaltending options — including Ukko-Peka Luukonen, Alex Lyon, veteran Alexandar Georgiev — and in net does not inspire you to imagine Buffalo will have the best netminder in the league this season.

Meanwhile, the Sabres don’t have a true front-runner to win the Calder Trophy as the league’stop rookie.  And imagining Buffalo will have a leader in the Art Ross Trophy is stretching the bounds of credulity. This Sabres team probably won’t have a player who proves they’re a top-10 talent in the league, and that will be reflected in the league’s individuals.

In a best-case scenario, Thompson will raise the bar for himself and begin challenging in the Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard race as the best goal-scorer in the game. Toronto Maple Leafs star center Auston Matthews will be the front-runner to win this year’s goal-scoring race, but if Thompson can score 50 goals and 100 points, the Sabres are going to be thrilled.

Do The Math, And You’ll See Why Sabres Are A Playoff Longshot

That said, Buffalo isn’t going to win the Jim Gregory Award as the best GM in the game, and Lindy Ruff isn’t going to win the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s best coach. It’s possible in theory both Ruff and GM Kevyn Adams find ways to get the Sabres into the post-season, but is it probable? No, this writer believes Buffalo will struggle to climb the ladder, both in an individual manner and as a group.

And this writer believes the Sabres won’t make the playoffs — leading to be changes next summer or sooner. Adams and Ruff have their future wrapped up with one another, and there’s no question their lack of success running the Sabres will keep them in job limbo at this time next year.

When you look at the league’s top teams, you see that most, if not all teams that are high-end playoff teams have elite players who contend for individual awards all season long. And the Sabres’ lack of high-end, superstar performances is one of the reasons Buffalo is looking like a long-shot of making it into the playoffs.

It’s The Calm Before The Storm For Sabres As Buffalo Aims To End Painful Playoff Drought
For the Buffalo Sabres, itâ€s the calm before the storm. The NHLâ€s 2025-26 regular-season is about to commence, and with the new season comes a new set of expectations for the Sabres. And with this seasonâ€s Sabres, the expectation is urgent – this Buffalo team is either going to end the Sabres†14-year playoff drought, or there are going to be changes throughout the organization, including the firings of GM Kevyn Adams and coach Lindy Ruff.

It’s accurate that the Sabres do have talent — they just don’t have enough of it. And somehow, some way, they need to figure out a way to squeeze into the playoffs by any means neccessary.

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The glittery stardust may have only just settled after the 2025 ceremony in Paris in September, but the list of early favourites for next year’s men’s Ballon d’Or trophy are already beginning to take shape.

An award that typically favours players at the top end of the pitch, it is perhaps unsurprising that attackers dominate the list of front-runners to lift the most prestigious individual prize in world football.

Here’s our Ballon d’Or power rankings, along with the bookies’ odds for the prize: featuring an England international a teenage Spanish superstar, two World Cup winners, and a Manchester City frontman.

All odds from Betfair

1. Lamine Yamal (4/1)

Lamine Yamal of Barcelon (Image credit: Alvaro Medranda/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

The stratosphere, let alone the sky, seems to be the limit for Lamine Yamal. Barcelona’s generational teenage talent, who has broken numerous records since making his debut at 16, was pipped to the trophy by Ousmane Dembele at the most recent ceremony.

Yamal, who tops the list of FourFourTwo’s best right wingers in the world right now, recently declared: “I don’t dream of one Ballon d’Or, I dream of many. If I don’t get them, it will be my fault.”

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Should he continue on his current career trajectory, it may be difficult to disagree.

2. Kylian Mbappe (5/1)

Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring for Real Madrid (Image credit: Getty Images) (Image credit: Getty Images)

By his lofty standards, Kylian Mbappe’s start to life at the Bernabeu was rather slow.

After finishing second in the 2024 Ballon d’Or, Vinicius Junior’s talents may have been eclipsed by the likes of Yamal and Dembele over the past 12 months. But the Brazilian remains a special talent who can get fans out of their seats with his dazzling footwork.

Could Cole Palmer become the first Englishman to win the award since Michael Owen in 2001? That will likely depend heavily on how the Chelsea star, and indeed the Three Lions, fare at next summer’s World Cup finals, should both make it there.

Tied with Palmer in fifth place in the bookies’ odds is the towering Norwegian. While Manchester City had plenty of miserable moments last season, Erling Haaland still had an impressive individual return with 34 goals in all competitions.

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