The NHL’s free-agent signing period officially opened on Tuesday, and a lot of teams did well to make themselves better. Not only by adding good players, but in some cases with good bargains. Here are the five best signings and values from Tuesday’s roster movement (and we are only looking at transactions that happened on Tuesday). On a day where overpayments seemed to be the norm, the Islanders sneaked in with one of the better value signings in the league. Drouin completely turned his career around over the past two seasons with the Colorado Avalanche, recording 93 points (30 goals, 63 assists) in 122 total games. He’s an elite passer and gives the Islanders another outstanding playmaker to go along with center Mathew Barzal. Drouin isn’t going to turn the Islanders into a Stanley Cup contender on his own, but he’s a highly productive player and a great middle-six forward option. There were not many better bargains on the UFA market on Tuesday. Technically speaking, this was not a UFA signing, but a r
