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TORONTO — These Alouettes do appear to enjoy living dangerously, don’t they? Once again, they seem to be in a precarious position, unable to seize an opportunity and walk through the front door when it had been opened.

The stakes were simple Saturday afternoon — defeat Toronto and the Als would seize control of the weak East Division along with capturing the season series against the Argonauts. Instead, the visitors came up empty on so many fronts, drubbed 38-6 before a season-high crowd of 16,326 at BMO Field.

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Instead of evening their record at 4-4, the Als sit second in the division at 3-5 as they prepare for a Thursday home game against Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers (6-2) became the first team to defeat Edmonton on Thursday and are on a four-game winning streak, arguably the Canadian Football League’s hottest team.

But the Als now sit only a point ahead of Ottawa (2-6-1), a team they entertain the week after. That will be Montreal’s 10th game of the season and their sixth at home. That means five of their final eight are on the road, where the Als have yet to win this season. That’s potentially a major problem should this team want to avoid missing the playoffs for a third successive season.