BOSTON — It’s a numbers game.
For followers of the Calgary Flames, like folks in every hockey-mad market, there is always an insistence on anointing a No. 1 netminder, a go-to goalie, a king of the crease.
Platoon? Boring.
A puck-stopping pecking order is tasty fodder for discussion, great fuel for debate.
“There are only a couple of (opinions) that, really, that matters — the head coach, our organization,” reminded Flames masked man Chad Johnson after Thursday’s practice in Boston, the fourth stop on a marathon six-game roadie for the crew from Calgary.
“If I’m that night the No.