Leafs-Islanders trade: Who’s who in six-player deal

The Maple Leafs sent five prospects to the Islanders in exchange for Michael Grabner: goalie Christopher Gibson; forwards Taylor Beck and Carter Verhaeghe and defencemen Matt Finn and Tom Nilsson.

Here’s a look at each player: Michael Grabner Born: Villach, Austria, Oct. 5, 1987

Height/Weight: Six-foot, 188 pounds Shoots: Left Position: Right wing Previous teams: Vancouver, Florida, Islanders

Draft: First round, 14th overall, by Vancouver in 2006

Stats: 317 NHL games; 95 goals, 60 assists, 155 points

Speed: Considered one of the fastest skaters in the NHL. Won the 2011 Super Skills skating competitioin, posting fastest time among rookies for one lap around the ice — 14.061 seconds

Salary: Signed a five-year, $15-million deal with the Islanders in 2011.

BECK, 24, played in 62 NHL games last season with Nashville (eight goals, eight assists), and was Nashville’s third-round pick (70th) overall in 2009.

FINN was a Leafs’ second-round pick (35th overall) in 2012, and spent last season with the Marlies. The 21-yearold Toronto native had a goal and two assists in 28 AHL games. Finn starred with the 2013-14 Guelph Storm, leading them to the OHL championship and a league-best plus-57 mark.

GIBSON, 22, and a native of Karkkila, Finland, played in 45 games with the Marlies last season, posting a 24-17-3 record with a 2.42 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage. The Los Angeles Kings drafted Gibson in the second round (49th overall) in 2011.

NILSSON, 22, played in 44 AHL games with the Marlies last season during his first year in North America.

The defenceman from Mora, Sweden, was Toronto’s fourth-round pick (100th overall) in the 2011 draft.

VERHAEGHE, a 20-year-old forward from Toronto, was captain of the Niagara IceDogs of in the OHL last season.

The Maple Leafs’ third-round (82nd overall) pick in the 2013 draft, Verhaeghe won gold with Team Canada at the 2013 under-18 world junior championships. Star staff