I suppose a little bit of good news for Castillo is that the injury is to his right, kicking leg, knee as opposed to his left, his plant leg. Still, when you rely on your legs for your career, it doesn’t look promising at all. A definite team bright spot this season, and seemed to be a guy who was genuinely enjoying himself playing the game.
I thought that Fera got pressed into service in Montreal last season when Bede had his struggles and did a decent job, but I could be wrong. I think Hawkins and maybe Early were among the kickers tried out during training camp so at least they'd be familiar with the team but they were released for a reason. Of course no one is going to be as good as Serge but at this point beggars can't be choosers. Faubert Lussier impressed me though and the punting average didn't take much of a hit with him kicking the ball away. Apparently he's a decent place kicker too so they could roll with him although that would be risky as he's a back up national receiver. That being said, Jones should be back and motivated to play better after his suspension.
I suspect that the coaches are going to be busy tomorrow (maybe even have been today) looking for a replacement.
Milo seems like the obvious choice to me to replace Castillo. Doesn't hurt that he is a National.
85% previous 2 seasons in FG accuracy is good enough as a fill in.
Wiki says this about Brett and they are never wrong: Brett Lauther(born November 4, 1990) is a professionalCanadian footballpunterandplacekicker
Anyways i am surprised the Cats didn't go the route of a guy with at least some experience in the league for the stretch drive. Hope they know best. Different ball, rules, field dimensions all come into play i would think.