This is not a contender next season? Where are the holes? I see a great mix of vets and youth and Lots of depth for the now and future. I doubt the kids become better than this roster in 3/4+ years without Price and Weber
Lafreniere / Kopitar / Drouin
Tatar / Danault / Gallagher
Kovalchuk / Suzuki / Armia
Poehling / Evans / Byron
Lehkonen
Romanov / Weber
Brodin / Petry
Chiarot / Juulsen
Mete, Kulak
Price
Primeau
Caufield, Ylonen, Hillis, Fleury, Norlinder, Harris, Struble.
I think you are overrating Romanov if you think he can be a contender top pair D next year. With your pieces, I'd say this is more likely next year:
Brodin - Weber
Chiarot - Petry
Mete - Romanov
Kulak, Juulsen