I mean in this Playoffs the defense was sure not a problem... a better partner for Mete would have helped alot. Romanov could be an upgrade, if he's not ready i don't mind going into 20-21 with that D with one of Juulsen/Fleury instead of Ouellet and wait for one of our kid.
Trading for a LHD will just create an other hole where we are short of guys in the farm.
I don't agree that defense is not a problem right now. Pittsburgh had multiple great occasions missed almost all of them and Price did magic against them . Also Philadelphia has been playing like the Rangers in 2017 and you can tell it's Vigneault. Philadelphia don't need to push the pace of the game because habs are just not doing anything. I watched all roundup games in the east and Philadelphia was playing much different against Boston/Washington/Tampa. Our team is so easy to play against in terms of shutting them down , teams barely need to force to make plays.
For ur reply , I feel like Mete's place right now is in the AHL. He needs AHL icetime. He's small , he's bad around the net. Habs sold us that Mete was a good offensive d-man. He's not. Id rather have a physical d-man who's good defensively on the third pair.
Of Course Romanov will probably be an upgrade from Kulak/Mete and probably Chariot in maybe 2 years. But for now Romanov is still a newbie in the NHL.
Also i would be down to run maybe d squad with Juulsen and Fleury.
But yeah our right side could also be a disaster in a year. Habs have so many things to patches.