The Montreal Canadiens need help on left defence. That is certainly not a secret. Victor Mete looks like a solid top-four defenceman and Brett Kulak had an impressive first season in Montreal. Neither of those players are guaranteed to be able to play on the top pairing this season.
The Habs need someone else to play on the left side and could use a top pairing guy. This would put Mete in on the second pairing and push Kulak to the third pairing. This would slot them perfectly and wouldn’t force the young blue liners to play out of their comfort zone.