Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati memwaka, maRanger aifarira kuwana Vancouver Canucks mberi Pavel Bure. Kwakataurwa kuti maneja mukuru weCanucks Brian Burke akanga akumbira Malhotra kuti abatanidzwe mukutengeserana kwaizomutumira pamwe chete naNiklas Sundström, Dan Cloutier uye Rangers 'kutora kwekutanga kwekutanga muna 1999 draft
mukutsinhana naBure. Zvisinei, maneja mukuru weRangers Neil Smith akaramba kusanganisira Malhotra uye chibvumirano hachina kumboitika.