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That’s one fewer weapon for quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell to hook up with.

“It’s unfortunate because Lemar is so unlucky,” said Mitchell, who enjoyed his off time at Chestermere and Sylvan lakes. “Last year, he probably had the best camp out of everybody and looked like one of those guys that, man, I’m going to lean on him. And he has a huge injury at the beginning of the year and, because of other injuries, had to bring him back early.

“This year again, he’s having another great year, doing great things, and something unfortunate like that happens. It’s the nasty nature of our business. I told him, ‘keep your head up, get strong, get ready to come back because you’re going to be a staple on this offence for a long time.’ ”

What with the Canadian content taking a bit of a beating, players such as Rory Kohlert will be handed a bigger share on offence, alongside the veteran Anthony Parker. It may come down to rookie Julan Lynch, out of Saskatchewan, getting a look.

“Julan is a guy who, when he played in pre-season, he had his mistakes, but he played hard and fast,” said Costanza. “He did real well. If it comes down to it, if he’s the next healthy Canadian to be up, the coaching staff is fine with him being in there now. He’s no longer a rookie; he’s becoming a pro.

“We always joke around here when we have four or five Canadian receivers. We’re like ‘we have five, the young guy won’t have to play for us this year hopefully’. The Canadians have always saved our bacon. We’ve always had depth there. You see it now this year.”