sorry for the following tangent, college eligibility impact on NHL rights has always seemed gray area to me, as per examples that follow
thanks,
it is not explicitly clear to me, because of a player scenario which I had followed in the past, details below
I will be grateful if anyone has a more detailed explanation than 'he was still an enrolled NCAA player'
Jordan Samuels-Thomas was drafted in '09 (by Thrashers(>Jets)
Jordan Samuels-Thomas at eliteprospects.com
Jordan Samuels-Thomas Contract, Cap Hit, Salary and Stats - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
played 2 years at Bowling Green, '09-10 & '10-11
transferred to Q-pac, closer to home in CT, reportedly for family reasons,
played at Q'pac '12-13 and '13-14
and his NHL rights were still in-place summer '14, although his 'original' BG class had graduated in '13
[ In July'14, NHL rights were traded to Sabres, who signed him, before rights expired mid-August with other NCAA kids]
so that is why I suspect that there may an aspect of that CBA clause where "remains a bona fide college student"
has precedence over "August 15 following the graduation of his college class" - perhaps the transfer re-set the 'college class'
also, more familiar to this group,
the Tyler Nanne situation, drafted '14, where he enrolled at OSU, but due to health issues, didn't play there, or even play NCAA hockey
until eventually in '16-17, at home, as a Gopher, he played 4 seasons
IIRC his rights were retained through '19-20 season
(NYR didn't sign him, I believe NYR surrendered his rights, so Hershey AHL did in June '20)