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<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Blackhawks didn't take any prospects out to dinner during NHL scouting combine week, continuing the pattern they established last year.</p><p>So it was extremely interesting when top defensive prospect Chase Reid admitted Saturday the Hawks previously visited him at his home outside Detroit and took him out to dinner there.</p><p>The Hawks were one of 12 teams to hold daytime interviews with Reid during combine week, although that's less notable.</p><p>Reid looks like a serious candidate for the Hawks' fourth overall pick, particularly if none of the top three forwards — Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg and Caleb Malhotra — remain available. He's probably the favorite among the group of top defensemen (which also includes Carson Carels, Keaton Verhoeff and Alberts Smits).</p><p>It's even possible the Hawks could choose Reid over one of the forwards, since their draft rankings haven't been publicly nailed down.</p><p>Reid has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last two seasons from the second tier of U.S.