Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Carter wuxuu sameeyay xirfaddiisa xirfadeed 1996-97, isagoo waqtigiisa la qeybsanaya Capitals iyo kooxdooda American Hockey League (AHL), Portland Pirates, ka hor inta aan loo iibin Boston Bruins bishii Maarso 1, 1997. Sida qeyb ka mid ah heshiis weyn, Carter waxaa loo diray Jason Allison, Jim Carey, xulashada shuruud leh ee 1998 draft
waxaana loo doortay wareega sadexaad ee 1997 Bruins ayagoo badalay Adam Oates, Bill Ranford iyo Rick Tocchet.