Time & Perspective Quote by Ed Belfour

Belfour is describing a goalie’s nightmare in plain, working language: not the clean, readable shot you can square up to, but the chaos-shot era where the puck is basically a pinball and your body is just another bumper. The intent is practical, almost clinical. He’s not romanticizing the position; he’s diagnosing why goaltending started to feel less like artistry and more like controlled damage.

The subtext is a quiet complaint about how the game’s geometry has shifted. “Guys have more time” isn’t just a throwaway observation; it’s an indictment of defensive structure loosening, systems changing, or rules subtly rewarding possession and point shots. When shooters can set their feet, the puck arrives harder and with purpose. Yet the goals he’s talking about aren’t necessarily the perfect snipes. They’re the ugly ones: off “legs and feet and shoulders and heads.” That list matters. It’s a catalog of randomness, the kind of scoring that makes a goalie’s technique feel irrelevant.

His adjustment - “play out a little further… and hope it hits you” - is both tactical and existential. Coming out challenges angles, but it also admits that modern goaltending sometimes devolves into managed exposure: you reduce options, then brace for ricochets you can’t predict. The line captures a broader sports truth: as offenses optimize for volume and rebounds, defense becomes less about stopping the ideal play and more about surviving the mess that follows.