Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Los Angeles Kings sun rubuta Carson a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 1986 a matsayin na biyu na gaba ɗaya. Ya zira kwallaye 37 a matsayin dan shekara 18 a kakar 1986/87. A kakar wasa ta biyu kawai ya zira kwallaye 55 kuma ya kafa kansa a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan matasa. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na 9 ga Agusta, 1988, cinikin cinikin da ya aika da kansa, Martin Gélinas, na farko na zagaye na farko na Kings a shekarar 1989
, 1991 da 1993, da kuma dala miliyan 15 ga Edmonton Oilers don Wayne Gretzky, Marty McSorley da Mike Krushelnyski.