other goalie always made that one more save (or 20 more some nights). So I'm sure Detroit wasn't too sorry to see the final year of his contract annulled by the lockout, and look for another goalie or two who could win for them. In the end it was the recycled duo of Osgood and Hasek who had won for the Wings before and won for them again.

Joseph did help Detroit win one President's Trophy, the year of the three-headed monster that included Hasek and Manny Legace. And Hasek's groins. But in the end it was Legace who emerged as a surprise #1 that regular season, with Joseph a much-ballyhooed #2 or even 2A.

In the playoffs Joseph played well (great rate stats after leaving St. Loo), but wasnever able to muster the big winning streak to even make the SCF. His career record of 63-66 is definitely "middling", and his record of 10 series wins against 14 losses less than that. Never quite got it done for Team Canada, either.

A fine goalie and a decent man, for all those 449 regular season wins, when I consider CuJo's career the word "winner" isn't the first to spring to mind. Was nice enough to the media that he'll probably get into the HHoF eventually, but I'd be surprised if it was on the first ballot.

Joseph was certainly among the most mercenary of goaltenders of his generation. But stacking him up against the other really good netminders of the same period (Belfour, Hasek, Roy, Brodeur) I couldn't help