"[Oilers GM Glen] Sather says he won't allow Joseph to finish the season unsigned the way [defenseman Luke] Richardson did last year. If he can afford Joseph, Edmonton could win two playoffs rounds. But if Sather trades away his No. 1 goalie at the trading deadline for purely financial reasons, the tremors through the dressing rom could be enough for the Oilers to miss the playoffs altogether. (The Hockey News 1997-98 Yearbook, p. 113)

"Joseph allows Edmonton to continue the tradition of having a top-five goalie in the pipes. (The Hockey News 1997-98 Yearbook, p. 113)

"Curtis Joseph is still one of the league's elite netminders and will almost certainly see less time in goal this year. (The Sports Forecaster Hockey '97-'98, p. 209)

"Curtis Joseph is among the best in the league. He was outstanding in the regular season and even better in the first round of the playoffs. The problem was that by the end of the Dallas series he had played in 79 games. Bob Essensa should have been given more games in the regular season." (The Sports Forecaster Hockey '97-'98, p. 209)

"Competely different than Grant (Fuhr). What sets Cujo apart, from what I've seen and what the guys in Edmonton tell me, is his competitiveness. He just never believes he's beaten. Curtis fluctuates between stand-up and butterfly. So you can't really get a read on what he's going to do." (Mark Messier, ESPN Sportszone, April 1998)

"His statistics didn't compare with Dominik Hasek's, but it can be argued that Joseph was the best goalie in the league during the regular season. Set a personal best with a 2.56 GAA. Allowed a mediocre defense corps to freewheel knowing he would be there to back them up. The free-agent acquisition must have led the league in odd-man rushes against. Good angles, great reflexes. Makes the key save in tight games. A spectacular regular season was sullied by a mediocre performance versus Buffalo in the Eastern Conference final. May start fewer games to keep him fresh for playoff run." (The Sports Forecaster 1999-2000, p. 94)

"A finalist for the Vezina Trophy for the third time, Joseph is still looking for his first win. However, he remains the backbone of the Maple Leafs. He set a franchise record in wins last year and topped the 25-shutouts plateau for his career. Overworked during the regular season, Joseph has struggled at times in his two postseasons with Toronto. Still, he remains among the game's elite netminders. The Leafs need to lighten the load on the veteran goalkeeper so that Joseph can be at his best come playoff time. (The Sports Forecaster 2000-01, p. 83)

"Olaf Kolzig has a Vezina, Patrick Roy a plethora of records and Martin Brodeur a Stanley Cup, but only Ed Belfour and Dominik Hasek have tended goal over the last few years at a higher level than the trophy-less Maple Leaf netminder." (The Hockey News 2000-01 Yearbook, p. 12)

"One of hockey's nicest people is a weird goalie to watch. Joseph guesses a lot, stays deep in his net and handles the puck like it's a live grenade. Furthermore, he has to turn his stick around to handle the puck and has developed an Alley Oop" of a breakout pass. Most importantly to Leafs fans, he stops pucks. "Cujo" had a so-so regular season statistically, by his own standards, but was phenomenal in the 2000-01 playoffs. Without Joseph, the Leafs would have missed the playoffs by 10-20 points. Joseph is still by far the Leafs' best defensive player. A probable Olympian, he wants to play well in the early going in order to get the starting nod for Canada." (The Sports Forecaster 2001-02, p. 85)

"CuJo" completed his Maple Leafs career with a spectacular playoff performance against Carolina in the Eastern Conference finals. Joseph's 2.23 goals-against average last season was the best of his career. Unfortunately, his season was marred by a bad performance against Sweden in the Winter Olympics and the inability to take his hometown team to the Stanley Cup final. Joseph's job won't get any easier in Detroit as he tries to replace the retired Dominik Hasek and win his first championship in the Motor City. As long as he doesn't put any undue pressure on his own shoulders, he should have a fine campaign." (The Sports Forecaster 2002-03, p. 151)

"Will 'CuJo' ever return to elite form? The Coyotes hope so, after inking the veteran to a one-year contract. Partly hampered by injury, Joseph wasn't great in the 2003-04 regular season but enjoyed a fine postseason. New Phoenix coach Wayne Gretzky may go with the hot hand, between Joseph and Brian Boucher." (The Sports Forecaster 2005-06, p. 101)

• Signed as a free agent with St. Louis Blues, June 16, 1989.
• Rights traded by Blues (with RW Michael Grier) to Edmonton Oilers for first-round pick in 1996 National Hockey League entry draft (C Marty Reasoner) and first-round pick in 1997 National Hockey League entry draft (traded to Los Angeles) (these picks had been awarded to Oilers as compensation for Blues signing free agent LW Shayne Corson on July 28, 1995), August 4, 1995.
• Agreed to three-year, $5.7 million (U.S.) contract with Oilers, January 11, 1996.
• Signed as free agent to four year, $24 million contract with Toronto Maple Leafs, July 15, 1998.
• Traded by Maple Leafs to Calgary Flames for a conditional eighth-round selection in 2004 entry draft, June 30, 2002.
• Signed as free agent to three year contract with Detroit Red Wings, July 2, 2002.
• Signed as unrestricted free agent to one-year contract with Phoenix Coyotes, August 17, 2005.
• Resigned to one-year contract with Coyotes, May 26, 2006.
• Signed as unrestricted free agent with Calgary Flames, January 17, 2008.
• Signed as unrestricted free agent to one-year contract with Toronto Maple Leafs, July 1, 2008.

• Named Ontario Hockey Association Most Valuable Player, 1986-87.
• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association All-America West second team, 1988-89.
• Won Western Collegiate Hockey Association Most Valuable Player award, 1988-89.
• Won Western Collegiate Hockey Association Rookie of the Year award, 1988-89.
• Named to Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star first team, 1988-89.
• Rated #1 in Hockey Stars Presents "The Top 50 Netminders in Pro Hockey", November 1993.
• Shared National Hockey League Player of the Week award (with Boston D Ray Bourque), December 12-19, 1993.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1994.
• Named fifth-best reflexes among goaltenders, The Sporting News 1994-95 Hockey Yearbook.
• Named tenth-best goaltender, The Sporting News 1994-95 Hockey Yearbook.
• Rated #3 in Hockey Stars Presents "The Top 50 Netminders in Pro Hockey", November 1994.
• Played for Team Ontario in NHLPA 4-on-4 challenge, November 10-12, 1994.
• Finished eleventh in voting for Vezina Trophy, 1994-95.
• Rated #5 in Hockey Stars Presents "The Top 50 Netminders in Pro Hockey", November 1995.
• Finished fifth in voting for Vezina Trophy, 1996-97.
• Named Edmonton Oilers Most Valuable Player, 1996-97.
• Named Edmonton Oilers Most Popular Player, 1996-97.
• Winner, (Edmonton Oilers) Molson Cup, 1996-97.
• Goaltender for Canadian Olympic Team, February 1998.
• Named to play in National Hockey League All-Star Game; replaced (by Ron Tugnutt) due to injury, 1999.
• Finalist for Lester B. Pearson trophy, 1998-99.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 2000.
• Named NHL Player of the Week (3-0-0, 2.00 GAA, 92.8% sv), February 28, 2000.
• Winner, King Clancy Memorial Trophy, 1999-2000.
• Member of gold medal-winning Canadian Olympic Team, 2002.

• First National Hockey League Game: 4-6 defeat vs. Edmonton, January 2, 1990.
• First National Hockey League Win: 2-1 victory at NY Islanders, January 30, 1990.
• First National Hockey League Shutout: 4-0 win vs. San Jose (21 saves), December 19, 1991.

• Played in 500th National Hockey League game, vs. Chicago, February 13, 1999.
• Curtis won his 400th regular-season National Hockey League game on Thursday, October 27, 2005. At Glendale Arena, Joseph and the Phoenix Coyotes hosted the defending conference champion Calgary Flames, but it was a relatively easy night for Cujo, who faced just 15 shots in a 3-2 victory. Even so, the score was tied at 2-2 late in the third before Mike Comrie scored his second of the evening with 88 seconds remaining.

• Dislocated left shoulder, April 11, 1990.
• Underwent surgery to left shoulder, May 10, 1990.
• Sprained right knee; missed remainder of season, February 26, 1991.
• Injured ankle; missed seven games, March 12, 1992.
• Suffered sore knee; missed three games, January 2, 1993.
• Suffered from the flu; missed one game, February 9, 1993.
• Slightly strained groin; missed three games, January 26, 1995.
• Pulled hamstring; missed four games, April 16, 1995.
• Injured right knee; missed three games, March 30, 1996.
• Strained groin; missed seven games, December 18, 1996.
• Strained groin; missed one game, January 21, 1999.
• Sustained spiral fracture of metacarpal bone in left hand, February 26, 2002.
• Underwent surgery to repair a damaged ankle; out six weeks, August 19, 2003.
• Left game with sprained right ankle; February 11, 2004.
• Groin injury; missed two games, October 10, 2005.
• Left game with leg injury, December 12, 2006.

• On his mask: "The St. Bernard comes from Stephen King's novel, Cujo. My nickname is Cujo. So I just let the artist do his thing, and I gave suggestions until we agreed on a design. I've used eight different masks since I've been a pro. They represent different stages of my career. After I use them, I hang them up in my basement pool room." ESPN The Magazine, 1/21/02, p. 104
• Joseph participated for Team Canada at the 2007 Spengler Cup, and was the winning goaltender in the championship game, 2-1 over HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa on December 31.
• In Toronto's game against Anaheim on October 21, 2008, Joseph replaced starter Vesa Toskala at the start of the shootout. Joseph lost the shootout by a 2-0 margin.