Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya shafe shekaru na matasa tare da Owen Sound Platers na OHL, Maltby ya zaba a zagaye na uku, 65th overall by Edmonton Oilers a cikin 1992 Draft
Ka yi haƙuri. Maltby ya kwashe duk shekarar da ya fara aiki a Cape Breton Oilers na AHL kuma ya buga kakar NHL ta farko a 1993 yana wasa wasanni 68 kuma ya zira kwallaye 11 da taimakawa 8 don maki 19 da mintuna na azaba 74. Ya buga wa Oilers wasu yanayi 2 kafin ya koma Detroit Red Wings a lokacin 1995 <unk> 96 NHL kakar, wanda aka yi ciniki a ranar 20 ga Maris ta Oilers zuwa Red Wings a musayar dan wasan Dan McGillis.