Which teams might be interested in trading for Kimmo Timonen?

Kimmo Timonen won't admit it – not yet, anyway – that there's still a burning desire for him to finally win a Stanley Cup.

He's played 1,092 NHL games, another 87 in the playoffs, played in five Olympics and been named an All-Star four times.

"I want to come back and hopefully play a game and leave this game with my skates on," Timonen said Thursday night after the announcement that he could resume his career even though he still has a blood clot in his right calf. "That's probably the biggest thing."

Be that as it may, he's still racing the sand in the hourglass to a certain extent. Friday was the first time he skated in about nine months and he figures he'll need a couple weeks before he's in game shape again.

That leaves about two weeks before the NHL's March 2 trade deadline. The Flyers have already been facilitating in agreeing to allow Timonen to return even though he needs to be on blood thinners on non-gamedays. They would also probably not complain about trading Timonen to a contender if it means getting a draft pick in return.

The 2015 NHL draft is considered one of the deepest drafts in a while and the Flyers have their own first-round pick, no second-round pick and the San Jose Sharks' third-round pick.

Timonen has a $2 million base salary and another $1.5 million in bonuses (based on games played) that can be deferred to next season's cap.

Certainly the return for Timonen in any potential trade would be based at least in part on how effective he can be with his 40th birthday coming next month and a nine-month break since playing in the league. Here's who might be interested, though.

Nashville Predators (tied for 1st in Central Division)

Despite being tied for the league's best record, the Predators have the league's 22nd ranked power play. Timonen was perhaps most effective for the Flyers last season on the man advantage. Twenty of Timonen's 35 points came on the power play, 19 of them assists. He could certainly help ex-Flyers coach Peter Laviolette's current team. The Preds have $11.2 million in salary cap space, too, according to NHLnumbers.com.

San Jose Sharks (2nd in Pacific Division)

The Sharks actually have the eighth-best power play in the league heading into Friday night's action, but their defense could use some help. Outside of Canadian Olympian Marc-Edouard Vlasic and All-Star Brent Burns, the Sharks don't have a well-established defense. According to NHLnumbers.com, San Jose has $5.375 million in cap space.

Chicago Blackhawks (3rd in Central Division)

The Blackhawks are still in a playoff spot, but are six points out of second place behind the Predators and St. Louis Blues. Chicago has a fairly well-established defense with the likes of Niklas Hjalmarsson, Duncan Keith, Johnny Odyua and Brent Seabrook, but Timonen may be able to beat out guys like Tim Erixon (who has 76 games of NHL experience) and Michal Rozsival, who has seen his ice time dip recently. The only problem is that Chicago has only $1.094 million in cap space, so they'd likely have to give up a roster player to allow enough space for Timonen's contract.