DoubleJ, I won't debate the Scouts because yes, they did flop. But that was with a rundown Kemper Arena and when hockey also ran head-to-head with the NBA Kings, who later moved to Sacramento.
Bottom line, with a new downtown arena, someone's going to call the Sprint Center home. It might be the Penguins or an NBA team, I don't know. But they will find someone who's looking for a ready-made home.
Just curious, does Southern Ontario have an NHL-style arena for someone to call home? Or have someone -- either a town or possible owner -- willing to finance a new arena if there isn't one up to NHL standards now?