" In the category of be careful what you wish for, may we present Jay Bouwmeester.

The hottest potential unrestricted free agent to not hit the open market had the opportunity to pick almost any team in the NHL to play for this season.

Wanting to pull on a sweater in a city where hockey really mattered, he chose the Calgary Flames.

In a preview of what he can expect during the playoffs -- a concept foreign to him while patrolling the blueline for the Florida Panthers for six seasons -- he's had to fight his way through a hallway full of media, flashing cameras and microphones pressed inches from his lips during the Olympic orientation camp at the Saddledome.

"This is different, because everyone's here," said Bouwmeester, who was in a similar situation in Kelowna at the 2005 orientation camp before becoming a late addition to Team Canada at the 2006 Turin Games. "(Kelowna) was a little bit more removed, but there's a tension to it. I think this is a little bit more just because (the Olympics are) in Canada." "