Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā o te tau, i hiahia ngā Rangers ki te hoko i te kaitākaro o Vancouver Canucks, ko Pavel Bure. I pūrongotia ko te kaiwhakahaere whānui o Canucks, ko Brian Burke, i tono kia uru atu a Malhotra ki tētahi tauhokohoko e tuku atu ai ia me Niklas Sundström, Dan Cloutier me te kōwhiringa tuatahi a te Rangers i te tau 1999
hei utu mo 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.