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VANCOUVER — Year after year, it seems like West is best and East is least, at least in the Canadian Football League regular season.

Take a look at the standings. Toronto (7-8-0) leads the East with a sub-.500 record. The two bottom teams, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes, have a combined seven wins. The West’s top two teams, the Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, have a combined 22 wins, more than the entire East Division. And, remember, the Ottawa Redblacks won the 2016 Grey Cup after finishing with an 8-9-1 regular-season record.

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Prior to Saturday’s game against the Redblacks, B.C. Lions general manager and head coach Wally Buono was asked for his thoughts on the playoff system, with the apparent strength tilted to the West. It looks like there will be a crossover, with the West’s fourth-place team bumping into the third spot in the East, playing an away game at the home stadium of the second-place team.