In this Out Mag interview that's just been posted, François Arnaud says he hasn't intentionally been playing Scott Hunter as clocking Shane and Ilya's relationship - he didn't hear the room number, he's not baiting them, Scott's just a guy who's caught up thinking about his own shit. So it's such an interesting editorial choice to keep in those shots of him almost side-eyeing Shane, and now the fight on the ice after he compares Shane to Ilya. Like, poor Scott was apparently just muttering about two players baiting him in the same way.
So for us to see Shane flying off the handle at the comparison, in a conversation that would have been witnessed by an entire arena full of people, some probably wearing mics, is very interesting. Couple that with the way he fumbles his words at the Rookie Awards and becomes the least suave person in the world when Scott casually asks if he knows where Ilya is, and the way Shane's eyes flick towards Scott in the cafe conversation in Sochi, directly after either Ilya or being gay are mentioned.
My theory is, we're supposed to see Scott as a representation of Shane's increasing paranoia at being found out. If Scott has no idea, but Shane thinks that he does, it's going to weigh on him, and doubly so since he sees Scott as this role model-type figure ('That better be ginger ale.' 'It is, Mr Hunter, I wouldn't indulge in front of you.') who he describes an an angel playing hockey in the HR book.
To Shane, Scott is a representation of his hockey ambitions, and everything he'll lose if they're found out. And that paranoia - unfounded or not - is definitely going to be a catalyst for the events that (presumably) will happen next episode.
