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Flames goalie Chad Johnson making case for starter status

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.