Blogger's Breakouts - Phoenix Coyotes

Today we welcome Travis Hair: a name very familiar to you Coyotes fans out there... both of them (zing!).  Travis runs the fantastic Five for Howling and is kinda famous for coming up with this sweet idea.  Travis is back for his second year as one of our blogging experts.  Last year, he overshot by 17 points on Matthew Lombardi and was 21 high on Peter Mueller (so were we, btw).  He was so upset with their performances he got the Yotes to ship them both out of Arizona.  We like both of his breakout picks for this season so make sure you take notice.

We asked Travis nine fantasy relevant questions about the Coyotes and the NHL in general.  Follow the jump to read his answers...

To see the rest of our Blogger's Breakouts click here for the main page.

by Travis Hair from Five for Howling

Q1) Coyotes Breakout of the Year?

Scottie Upshall.  Upshall Played well in the first half of the season before going down with a knee injury. If he plays the whole season I'd expect good goal scoring from him.

Q2) Darkhorse Breakout on the Coyotes?

Kyle Turris.  He finally got the break he was looking for as He performed well enough in Camp that the team didn't negotiate all that much to keep Kyle Wellwood around. He'll likely be getting some top line time with Doan and Wolski which will really help him out and he could finally be the player everyone hoped he would be back in 2008.

Q3) Breakdown Player on the Coyotes?

With how little the Coyotes produce offensively it's hard to say. I think fantasy wise I'd be down on Ed Jovanovski in terms of offensive production. Keith Yandle has taken over that role a bit more for the team.

Q4) League-Wide Breakout of the Year?

There are other teams out there? I find this hard to believe. I'll go with Steven Stamkos. Tampa Bay has a real team again and along with Lecavalier and St. Louis he should rack up points.

Q5) Who are your First Five Picks in a Fantasy Draft?

Ovechkin, Crosby, Miller, Bryzgalov and Malkin

Q6) Best Value for Money Fantasy Goalie?

Semyon Varlamov. He doesn't have to do a ton to get the wins as it's the offense in Washington that typically wins games. His save percentage might not win every week, but he's a middle of the pack pick for fantasy that will get the odd goose egg and keep winning.

Q7) Taylor or Tyler?

From the fantasy perspective... Taylor. The Oilers have to play him because they need something to sell to fans. He'll get more points just because he'll get real playing time. As a keeper... Tyler though because he doesn't play for the Oilers.

Q8) Your Stanley Cup Pick?

Hope springs eternal that it'll be Phoenix. I'm a homer. I admit it. I'll put 5 bucks on it in Vegas and be rich too.

BONUS) Which of these new additions will make the Coyotes more exciting: Ray Whitney or Paul Bissonnette's new twitter account (@BizNisty2point0)?

Bissonnette made the offseason more fun without a doubt, but once the real hockey starts the Wizard will create goals that I'll take that over entertaining tweets any day of the week.

Thanks to Travis for his help.  Like we mentioned in our intro... we're liking Upshall and Turris this year.  Nice picks.  Although, we would say he's a year late on predicting the Stamkos breakout.  Tampa is a long way from Phoenix.  If you enjoyed this BB... make sure you pay Five for Howling a visit and give it a bookmark.