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The Alouettes will be missing three players for Friday’s game against the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton and that’s forcing head coach Khari Jones to make some adjustments with the Canadian/American ratio.

CFL rules require teams to start at least seven national players and that poses a problem because two of the three injured players are Canadians and their likely replacements are Americans.

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The most serious injury — and the one that will have most impact — is a knee injury suffered by safety Taylor Loffler. Alouettes general manager Kavis Reed said Tuesday that there was some good news about Loffler’s injury, but he also noted that the CFL all-star was week to week.

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Loffler, who was one of the Alouettes’ major free-agent acquisitions during the off-season, has a history of knee problems. He has torn the ACL in his right knee twice and briefly retired from football after he was sidelined by injuries at Boise State. He returned to play a starring role at the University of British Columbia and missed only four games during his first three CFL seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.