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Well, at least the Alouettes scored a touchdown this week.

Otherwise, there wasn’t much to be inspired about Saturday afternoon, as Montreal concluded its exhibition schedule with a 30-15 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats before 12,325 Molson Stadium spectators.

Not that it matters much at this point, but the Als lost both of their exhibition games. And they failed to score a touchdown in the first one, at Ottawa.

The Als, who launch their regular-season next Saturday night, in Vancouver, must declare their opening-week roster while revealing their cuts by 10 a.m. Sunday. The cutdown date was originally scheduled for 10 p.m. Saturday, but a request to have it changed was made to the Canadian Football League’s players’ association.

Anything that occurred on the field on this sun-splashed afternoon should be taken with a grain of salt.

The visitors played many of their second- and third-stringers for that matter. Among those who weren’t dressed included Jeremiah Masoli, the team’s first-string quarterback. He was joined by return-specialist Brandon Banks, receiver Luke Tasker, defensive-tackle Ted Laurent, linebacker Simoni Lawrence and defensive-back Abdul Kanneh.