Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Malhotra ya sami rauni a idon sawu a watan Nuwamba wanda ya dakatar da shi na wasanni hudu. Bayan murmurewarsa, gudanarwar kungiyar ta yanke hukuncin cewa wasan nasa ya sha wahala kuma ya fara zama benci. A halin da ake ciki, 'yan wasan matasa na Kanada sun so' yan Rangers su ba su bashi don
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 2000. A ranar 12 ga Disamba, 1999, babban manajan Neil Smith ya ba da izini kuma ya sanya Malhotra don gasar cin kofin duniya. Daga nan aka tura shi don aikin gyarawa na makonni biyu tare da ƙungiyar Rangers 'American Hockey League (AHL), Hartford Wolf Pack. A ranar 14 ga Maris, 2000, an sake tura shi zuwa OHL don ya ci gaba da cancantarsa don aikin AHL na gaba a cikin kakar. Malhotra ya yi ado ne kawai don wasanni huɗu a cikin watanni biyu tsakanin dawowarsa daga Gasar Zakarun Duniya a farkon Janairu da kuma sabon aikinsa na matasa. Ba shi da ma'ana a cikin wasanni 27 da ya buga tare da Rangers a wannan kakar.