There was the eight-day week stretching from the last day of October to the seventh of November of 1975 in which Ed Giacomin was placed on waivers before Jean Ratelle and Brad Park were traded to the Bruins for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais (and Joe Zanussi).

There was the three-day stretch the first week of May 2021 in which Artemi Panarin was thrown around like a rag doll by Tom Wilson, the Rangers issued a statement condemning the NHL’s failure to suspend he Washington winger, and within short order both team president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton were fired and replaced by Chris Drury.

And now there is this.

Before the Rangers took the ice against the Penguins on Friday night, they traded their captain, Jacob Trouba, who was shipped to the Ducks in exchange for defenseman Urho Vaakainen and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2025.