Today's the big day. Forty-six NHLers are in Calgary for a little Olympics-related shinny, and you better believe all of the hockey coverage this week is going to centre on who's there and what they're doing.

Me, I'm not overly excited about the whole exercise, as we're still months from Steve Yzerman having to pick a team, but I did sit in for a few minutes on Hockey Canada's conference call on Friday. President Bob Nicholson was asked, essentially, what's this camp for?

What's the one or two things that you most want to learn from this camp?

I think what we want to learn, I guess, is making sure that the players get to know each other better. We've got a lot of young players here, that haven't met some of the veteran players, we want them to be at ease with them. Remember, when we go into the Olympic Games in Vancouver, those players will fly in, will have one practice and then we play. So better that they get to know each other (now) ... on the logistical side, from the security, how to handle the Olympics, apparrel fitting, there's a whole bunch of that information, that'll all get done. So, there's a lot there, and on-ice is important, but it certainly isn't the only thing we're looking at.

In other words, it's a meet and greet with some jersey sizing thrown inbetween.

Not exactly edge of your seat stuff.

For the curious, here's a look at the two rosters Hockey Canada will use for the on-ice portion of the camp (note that Team White has more likely Olympians on it). Ryan Getzlaf is sitting this part out given he's coming off surgery, and Jason Spezza's been named in his place. And, as noted earlier, for some reason Andy McDonald, Derek Roy et al are there instead of Marc Savard.

The No. 1 thing that I think this team needs to sort out over the next couple days is what system the coaching staff will use. Given Mike Babcock's in charge, it'll be pretty interesting to see if Canada attempts to play a Red Wings type puck control game.

He's got the cast in order to try and replicate what Detroit does, that's for sure.