Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge oge, ndị Rangers nwere mmasị inweta Vancouver Canucks na-aga n'ihu Pavel Bure. A kọrọ na onye isi njikwa Canucks bụ Brian Burke rịọrọ Malhotra ka ọ tinye aka na azụmaahịa nke gaara eziga ya na Niklas Sundström, Dan Cloutier na ndị Rangers'mbụ na-ahọrọ na
1999 draft na mgbanwe maka Bure. Agbanyeghị, onye njikwa ndị Rangers bụ Neil Smith jụrụ itinye Malhotra na nkwekọrịta ahụ emezughị.