Kammala wannan magana: A lokacin kakar, Rangers suna sha'awar samun Vancouver Canucks gaba Pavel Bure. An bayar da rahoton cewa manajan janar na Canucks Brian Burke ya nemi Malhotra ya shiga cikin cinikin da zai tura shi tare da Niklas Sundström, Dan Cloutier da kuma zagaye na farko na Rangers a cikin
1999 da aka tsara a musayar Bure. Koyaya, manajan janar na Rangers Neil Smith ya ƙi haɗa Malhotra kuma yarjejeniyar ba ta cika ba.