Pass or Fail: Curtis Joseph as a Hockey Hall of Fame goalie

Curtis Joseph's(notes) official retirement from the NHL today after 19 seasons is one of those "don't know what you got 'till it's gone" moments, where a player you just assumed would Chelios his way through the ages until he actually hangs up the skates.What a career, and not just because he was blessed with one of the all-time greatest and most appropriate nicknames in professional hockey history: "Cujo." He played for six franchises, most notably the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. He also played nine games for the Calgary Flames that are somehow more memorable than the 105 he played for the Phoenix Coyotes. (Joseph also holds a special place in alternative NHL history, as the Blues offered him and Rod Brind'Amour(notes) to the New Jersey Devils as compensation for signing Brendan Shanahan(notes) in 1991. The Devils ended up with Scott Stevens and, eventually, had a low first-round pick named Mar...