I don't really see what BT could have done differently in this case. He got pretty great value for Gaudreau for his first 8 years. He tried to nail a deal down in the previous off-season, got close, likely Gaudreau didn't want to make the difficult decision and postponed it to the following off-season. Gaudreau likely really wanted to stay, otherwise I don't see why he would have dragged it out this long, he obviously battled with the decision and landed with his choice. It was JG's choice to make, all BT could have done is made their best offer which apparently he did.
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