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Agreed on CuJo - one of the problems with this analysis is that it's hard to separate the goaltender from the team (for good or for bad).
My recollection as well is that Joseph's typically pushed weaker teams deeper into the playoffs. I do a strength of schedule metric on my site; the numbers presented below would be by how many goals a team would be favored to win, against an average opponent, on neutral ice.
With that said, here is each of Joseph's playoff series (if he wasn't a starter, I marked the series with an asterisk), his team's "strength" and the opponent's "strength":
Series
|
Result
|
Joseph Team
|
Opponent
|
Upset?
1990 Toronto|L|0.09|-0.31|-
1992 Chicago|L|0.11|0.38|
1993 Chicago|W|0.03|0.45|+
1993 Toronto|L|0.03|0.47|
1994 Dallas|L|-0.24|0.14|
1995 Vancouver|L|0.72|0.07|-
1997 Dallas|W|0.04|0.54|+
1997 Colorado|L|0.04|0.88|
1998 Colorado|W|-0.09|0.19|+
1998 Dallas|L|-0.09|0.79|
1999 Philadelphia|W|0.39|0.41|+
1999 Pittsburgh|W|0.39|0.20|
1999 Buffalo|L|0.39|0.51|
2000 Ottawa|W|0.24|0.19|
2000 New Jersey|L|0.24|0.63|
2001 Ottawa|W|0.33|0.61|+
2001 New Jersey|L|0.33|1.05|
2002 NY Islanders|W|0.32|0.13|
2002 Ottawa|W|0.32|0.44|+
2002 Carolina|L|0.32|0.00|-
2003 Anaheim|L|0.75|0.31|-
2004 Nashville*|W|0.67|-0.06|
2004 Calgary|L|0.67|0.42|-
2008 San Jose*|L|0.11|0.42|
By this metric, Joseph won six series as the underdog and lost five series as the favorite, although there's a pretty good cluster of underdog wins there in his prime.
My recollection as well is that Joseph's typically pushed weaker teams deeper into the playoffs. I do a strength of schedule metric on my site; the numbers presented below would be by how many goals a team would be favored to win, against an average opponent, on neutral ice.
With that said, here is each of Joseph's playoff series (if he wasn't a starter, I marked the series with an asterisk), his team's "strength" and the opponent's "strength":
1990 Toronto|L|0.09|-0.31|-
1992 Chicago|L|0.11|0.38|
1993 Chicago|W|0.03|0.45|+
1993 Toronto|L|0.03|0.47|
1994 Dallas|L|-0.24|0.14|
1995 Vancouver|L|0.72|0.07|-
1997 Dallas|W|0.04|0.54|+
1997 Colorado|L|0.04|0.88|
1998 Colorado|W|-0.09|0.19|+
1998 Dallas|L|-0.09|0.79|
1999 Philadelphia|W|0.39|0.41|+
1999 Pittsburgh|W|0.39|0.20|
1999 Buffalo|L|0.39|0.51|
2000 Ottawa|W|0.24|0.19|
2000 New Jersey|L|0.24|0.63|
2001 Ottawa|W|0.33|0.61|+
2001 New Jersey|L|0.33|1.05|
2002 NY Islanders|W|0.32|0.13|
2002 Ottawa|W|0.32|0.44|+
2002 Carolina|L|0.32|0.00|-
2003 Anaheim|L|0.75|0.31|-
2004 Nashville*|W|0.67|-0.06|
2004 Calgary|L|0.67|0.42|-
2008 San Jose*|L|0.11|0.42|
By this metric, Joseph won six series as the underdog and lost five series as the favorite, although there's a pretty good cluster of underdog wins there in his prime.