I'm not going to waste more time arguing your strawman. What does Hedman have to do with this? You brought him up.
Panarin decided to act like an ass to his friend in public when his friend was having a hard time. And what? You make something up and therefore it is true?
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What am I making something up? I've said multiple times that my premise was based on an assumption. And "when his friend is having a hard time" is a bit hyperbolic, don't you think? Sure, it sucks, but it's still just a game. Moreover, you're the one that brought up the public-aspect:
I asked, if Kucherov was trash talking Panarin before the playoffs (my premise), why isn't turn-about fair-play? You differentiated the two by saying one was private and one was publc
How about with one being private between friends and the other in public in front of thousands?
I asked if, due to Hedman's public trash talking, would it make a difference if Panarin did that to Hedman. You responded by saying they're not the same person. You made the differentiation between public and private trash talking but can't explain why. (btw, me asking you to explain your logic is not a straw-man just because you can't do it). But I agree that we should probably just drop it. I'm just bringing a hypothetical up for the point of a discussion (on the relevant forum thread, so sue me), and you seem to be getting angry about it for some reason.
You really don’t see the difference in friendly “smack talk” before a series where it’s still “anyone’s game” and gloating to a defeated and embarrassed player.
You and your friend are up for the same job, before the interview you rib eachother like “I’m soo gonna get this job, I’m way more qualified than you”
Then you don’t get the job and your friend says “I told you so, you suck!” That joke is now extremely one sided and a good friend wouldn’t gloat like that.
Am I guaranteed 9.5 million over the next 6-7 or so years solely for the purpose of competing for jobs,? And if I don't get the job, then I get to enjoy a few months vacation with my millions, and then my friend and I will just compete again for the entirety of the following year for another job? Then no. It wouldn't bother me, nor should it. If you're telling someone you're going to crush them and you're going to get this hypothetical job over them, and that turns out not to be the case, I quite frankly don't have the right to get upset if he wants to brag about it that I was giving him so much shit for it beforehand.
Is it the most tactful thing to do? Probably not. But I don't see how turn-about here isn't fair-play.
And just to be perfectly clear, that Kucherov is "smack-talking" is an assumption I bring up purely for the point of discussion.