Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te tau, i hiahia nga Rangers ki te hoko i te Vancouver Canucks ki mua Pavel Bure. I pūrongotia ko te kaiwhakahaere whānui o Canucks, a Brian Burke, i tono kia uru atu a Malhotra ki tētahi whakawhitiwhitinga e tuku atu ai ia, me Niklas Sundström, Dan Cloutier me te kōwhiringa tuatahi a te Rangers i te rauna tuatahi o te tau kotahi mano.
1999 hei utu mō te Bure. Heoi, i whakakahore te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o Rangers a Neil Smith ki te whakauru i a Malhotra kaore ano kia tutuki te kirimana.