Hall of Famer Joseph Deserved Better from Red Wings

I wonder if Ken Holland ever apologized to Curtis Joseph. If not, he still owes him one.Holland, the Red Wings GM, did Joseph rotten back in 2003 and, while he was at it, the team as a whole as well.It comes to mind again now that the news is in: Cujo is retiring after a brilliant NHL career as one of the game's best ever netminders.That Joseph's name isn't engraved on the Stanley Cup doesn't lessen his stature; he's a sure-fire Hall of Famer.But he was treated about as shabbily as the Red Wings have ever treated a player, and they don't do shabby around Joe Louis Arena very often.Holland actually made two mistakes in two years that were catastrophic: he hired Dave Lewis as coach, and he brought back Dominik Hasek from retirement. Both might have torpedoed any chances the Red Wings had at winning another Cup, or two.The Hasek decision put Joseph in a bad spot.The Wings signed Joseph as a free agent in the summer of 2002, needing a goalie after the "retir...