David M. Nonis (born May 25, 1966) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and is currently an assistant general manager and senior VP of hockey operations for the Calgary Flames. (wikipedia)
The procedure was short, which is what they were hoping for, and that's good news.
There is a lot of blame to spread around.
We're going to get some bodies back but the timing on that is really uncertain. We needed some character and strength on the back end.
We felt that our team needed a kick-start.