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Pittsburgh Penguins locker room goes off script with bold Super Bowl picks
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Sidney Crosby sparked Super Bowl LX chatter in Pittsburgh, and the Seahawks vs Patriots split feels oddly like a playoff game.
The clip making the rounds is simple, Penguins players, quick answers.
You hear the same locker-room logic they use on the ice: trust defense, win the turnover battle, don’t get cute.
Super Bowl LX is Sunday, February 8 at Levi’s Stadium, Seahawks vs New England Patriots in Santa Clara.
Most experts lean Seattle, and the line has the Seahawks favored by about 4.5 points.
Here's what some of the Pens players had to say about the big game:
That’s why the loud Patriots love in the room hits different, especially for a Pittsburgh crowd trained to hate New England.
The Pens hit the Olympic break at 29-15-12, fresh off a 5-2 win in Buffalo.
Avery Hayes scored twice in his NHL debut Thursday, and Ben Kindel matched him with two more.
Sidney Crosby keeps Pittsburgh Penguins locked on defense
Honestly, Penguins fans are half amused and half terrified, because when this group believes in structure, it usually means business.
Kindel is 18, drafted 11th overall in 2025 by Pittsburgh, and he already talks like a veteran about “not beating yourselves.”
Hayes is 23, undrafted, signed by the Penguins in March 2025, and his first instinct is still straight-line, no-frills hockey.
That mindset maps cleanly to Seattle’s pitch: smother you, shorten the game, make one quarterback mistake decide it.
But the Patriots angle isn’t crazy either if Drake Maye lives on play action and survives the pass rush.
Crosby leads Pittsburgh with 27-32-59, and he’d tell you the same thing, win special teams and protect the middle.
So take the “Ball knowers” energy for what it is, a reminder that winners pick a script and stick to it.
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FEVRIER 6|78 ANSWERS Pittsburgh Penguins locker room goes off script with bold Super Bowl picks Should Sidney Crosby’s Penguins trust the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX? | ||
| Yes | 52 | 66.7 % |
| No | 26 | 33.3 % |
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