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Don’t expect a huge splash from the Ottawa Redblacks in their second crack at Canadian Football League free agency.

Don’t, however, mistake the lack of glitter for a lack of impact, general manager Marcel Desjardins says.

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“There are some players that we feel can come in and contribute and start and be difference-makers for us,” Desjardins said Monday, one day before the expiration of contracts of dozens of veteran CFLers. “They may not just be the names that everybody is speculating that we would try to get.”

Speaking of which, a generous assessment would be that most of the big-name potential free agents have already been taken off the market, either re-signed by their current CFL employers or signed to deals by National Football League clubs.

Consider, for example, the relative lack of free-agent star power at receiver, a position the Redblacks must upgrade to correct the offensive sputtering chiefly responsible for their 2-16 record in their first season.