Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Carter ya fara sana'arsa a 1996 <unk> 97, ya raba lokacinsa tare da Capitals da kuma kungiyarsu ta American Hockey League (AHL), Portland Pirates, kafin a yi ciniki da Boston Bruins a ranar 1 ga Maris, 1997. A matsayin wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar da aka yi, an aika Carter tare da Jason Allison, Jim Carey, wanda aka zaɓa a cikin
1998 da zagaye na uku a cikin 1997 da aka zaba zuwa Bruins a musayar Adam Oates, Bill Ranford da Rick Tocchet.