Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Malhotra akatambura kukuvara kwechitsitsinho muna November kwakamubvisa pamitambo mina. Paakapora, kutamba kwake kwakatongwa nehutungamiri hwechikwata kuti hwaitambura uye akatanga kuiswa mubhenji. Munguvayi, chikwata chenyika yeCanada chevaduku chaida kuti Rangers imukweretese kwavari nokuda kwe
2000 World Junior Championships. Musi waDecember 12, 1999, maneja mukuru Neil Smith akakumbira uye akapa Malhotra mutambo wepasi rose. Iye akabva atumirwa kwevhiki mbiri yekugadzirisa basa neRangers 'American Hockey League (AHL) mubatanidzwa, iyo Hartford Wolf Pack. Musi waMarch 14, 2000, akatumirwa kudzokera kuOHL kuitira kuti achengetedze kodzero yake yebasa reAHL gare gare mumwaka. Malhotra akanga apfeka nokuda kwemitambo mina bedzi mumwedzi miviri pakati pokudzoka kwake kubva kuWorld Junior Championships mukuvamba-kwaJanuary uye kugoverwa kwake kutsva kwevaduku. Akanga asina maturo mumitambo yose 27 yaakatamba neRangers mwaka iwoyo.