Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Carson ya rubuta ta Los Angeles Kings a cikin 1986 NHL Entry Draft a matsayin na biyu overall zabi. 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 watan Agusta, 1988, cinikin cinikin da ya aika da kansa, Martin Gélinas, na farko na zagaye na farko na Kings a cikin
1989, 1991 da 1993, da kuma dala miliyan 15 ga Edmonton Oilers don Wayne Gretzky, Marty McSorley da Mike Krushelnyski.