Suter, an outstanding two-way player, can become an unrestricted free agent after the season. He said he will not sign during the season, opening the possibility that the Predators will trade him. The Flyers are interested.
"I said to him that Philly is a nice town and he would probably enjoy Philly," said Timonen, who was once Suter's teammate in Nashville. "We'll see. He's in a situation I was a few years back, and nobody knows what's going to happen. Obviously, he wants to stay there, but I don't know if he's going to be given a chance [for that] to happen.
"If he gets the money, what he wants, he will stay there."
Team Alfredsson had four members of the Ottawa Senators - including captain Daniel Alfredsson, who was serenaded with "Al-fie, Al-fie" chants after each of his two goals. The four Senators combined for seven points and a minus-11 rating.
The losing team also included the Flyers' Claude Giroux (goal) and Scott Hartnell (two assists, plus-2).
Hartnell, who was credited with the game's only hit, had pledged to give $1,000 to charity for each time he fell down. By his count, he fell to the ice five or six times. During one shift, Giroux, who was his linemate in the last two periods, tried unsuccessfully to knock down his own teammate.
"I raised maybe 5,000 or 6,000 bucks. It's pretty cool," said Hartnell, whose constant slips on the ice started a #HartnellDown surge on Twitter that led to T-shirts that are sold for charitable causes.
Hartnell claimed Giroux "was trying to trip me on every faceoff. He got me down in warm-up."
"I tried to trip him a whole shift and wasn't able to," said a smiling Giroux, who scored his goal on an assist from Hartnell. "It was for charity, and I didn't think he fell enough, so I was trying to get in there."
