Honestly, at this point I don't have the slightest clue on what Kishimoto intends to do as far as shipping goes.
Remember, shipping keeps a LOT of readers interested, and Kishi knows that, hell, he even plays with it to keep the readers on edge.
I remember how everyone thought NaruHina was canon 30 or so chapters ago, and it all crashed down recently with only a tiny bit of NaruSaku tease.
Kishi won't give pairings a clear "ending" as long as the manga isn't finished, at which point he won't care whether the fans like his choice or not.
Ship Tease through dialogues or interactions doesn't mean ANYTHING. In the end, he could give you "Naruto + Random Stranger" as a canon ship, and none of the community's complaining would change anything about it.
I frankly don't care a lot about pairings. So I won't mind either way. This is a shonen, not a shoujo.