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On the hot seat: as the season opens, every team has hopes and fears, but no players are under more scrutiny than Red Wings goalie Curtis Joseph and Capitals center Robert Lang. (NHL: season preview).

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| October 07, 2002 | Copyright American City Business Journals, Inc. d/b/a Sporting News Feb 2, 2009. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Western: Curtis Joseph

By Tim Wharnsby

The Red Wings are a determined bunch.

In 1996-97, they were determined to end their 42-year Stanley Cup drought. They did. The next season they were determined to win a Cup for defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, who had been seriously injured in a limousine accident. They did.

Last year the Red Wings were determined to win for Dominik Hasek, Luc Robitaille, Steve Duchesne and Fredrik Olausson, who had combined for 59 NHL seasons and 3,877 games but zero Stanley Cups. They did.

This season the team is determined to win for goalie Curtis Joseph and new coach Dave Lewis, who took over for the legendary Scotty Bowman.

Joseph, an unrestricted flee agent, signed a three-year, $24 million deal with the Red Wings last summer and finds himself on the Western Conference hot seat. And like Hasek …

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