Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whara a Malhotra i te waewae i te marama o Noema i taka atu ai ia mo nga keemu e wha. I tana whakaoranga, i whakawakia tana taakaro e te whakahaere o te roopu kia mamae ana ka tiimata ia ki te tu. I taua wā, i hiahia te kapa rangatahi a Kanata kia tukuna atu ia e ngā Rangers ki a rātou mō te
2000 Ngā Toa o te Ao Rangatahi. I te Tihema 12, 1999, ko te kaiwhakahaere matua a Neil Smith i whakawhiwhia ki a Malhotra mo te whakataetae a-ao. I tonoa ia mo te mahi whakangungu e rua wiki me te hononga Rangers' American Hockey League (AHL), te Hartford Wolf Pack. I te Poutu-te-rangi 14, 2000, i tukuna ia ki raro ki te OHL kia taea ai te pupuri i tana tohu mo te mahi AHL i muri mai i te waa. E whā noa iho ngā kēmu i tākaro ai a Malhotra i roto i ngā marama e rua i tōna hokinga mai i te World Junior Championships i te tīmatanga o Hānuere, tae noa ki tana tūranga hou. He kore take ia i roto i ngā kēmu 27 katoa i tākaro ai ia ki ngā Rangers i taua tau.