Steven Stamkos isn't taking anything less than 4-5 years @ $7,500,000 For that offer he goes elsewhere.

if he wants to stay in tampa I think the max he gets is 6.5 which would be comparable to 7.5 elsewhere. his play has declined quite a bit 5v5. Also I dont think he would get that much term from other teams nor would he want that. I think he only wanted a 5 year deal with tampa