I’m just practicing my lines, so I’ll be prepared when everyone in the newspaper industry eventually gets laid off…

Actually, it’s a serious question for you. As the NHL season gets closer, we’re trying to determine the best way to cover the Kings. Please know that the Daily News strives to bring you the best-possible Kings coverage in the area. Your support of the print and online products has been greatly appreciated. As I make recommendations to my bosses, it’s important for me to understand what you want. To that end, I’d like to take a little survey and see which features of the blog you find most valuable.

Here’s a list of some of the things generally provided here during the season:

— Practice reports: Updates, provided during the day, of home practices and morning skates, including injury reports, lineup changes and player, coach and management interviews.

— Post-game reports: Reports, provided after home games, including stats and player and coach interviews.

— Player interviews: In-depth Q&A-style interviews with current players, including reader-submitted questions.

— Coach/management interviews: Q&A-style interviews with people such as Terry Murray, Dean Lombardi, Ron Hextall, etc., including reader-submitted questions.

— Prospect interviews: Q&A-style interviews with players and coaches from Manchester, Ontario and (maybe) Reading about development.

— Videos: Interviews with current players, coaches and management, on video.

— Audio: Interviews with current players, coaches and management, on audio.

— Open forum: Q&A-style feature in which I answer questions from readers and attempt to give insight on what’s happening in the organization.

Here’s the poll. Multiple answers are allowed, and I encourage you to vote for those features you find most valuable. In addition, if there are any I have left out, or if you wish to suggest some new possible features, please leave a comment with your ideas. Thanks much!