Winnipeg Blue Bombers receiver Nic Demski can’t help but wonder if he could have been the difference in Saturday’s East Division semifinal in Montreal.

The team’s leading pass catcher tested his injured hamstring before the game, though, and made the agonizing decision he wouldn’t be able to help.

“I was close, man. Super close,” Demski said on Sunday. “It felt good enough to travel, good enough to go out there and warm up and try to see how it was. And then it was to the point of if I could sprint or not.”

Put to that test, his leg failed.

“It kills me, just looking back,” he said. “You think about the what-ifs and all that. I was pretty confident that I was not going to be in a place to help this team. So it sucks.”

The Bombers put up 33 points without Demski but gave up 42, ending

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