from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

How many bullets does Sheldon Keefe have left in the chamber?

After the Toronto Maple Leafs coughed up Wednesday’s opener in Montreal, the head coach deemed it an “unacceptable” showing against last year’s 32nd-place team.

Following Monday’s 4-2 sleepy defeat to the Arizona Coyotes — last year’s 31st-place outfit and a house-of-cards roster purposely constructed to collapse — Keefe gestured toward his offensive superstars.

No stinker, it seems, will fade quietly in this season of desperation and expectation.

“Our best people have not found a rhythm,” Keefe said.

“The difference between us and Arizona is that we have elite players. And our elite players didn’t play like elite players.”

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