Why does coach Bombay allow Conway to sit out in the final game of D2 the mighty ducks?

My guess (not necessarily true) is that Bombay after realizing he was taking everything too seriously and wanted to win so badly, thought that after all winning wasn't so important. Consequently, they preferred to go for who was in the team for a more long time. The return was unexpected I believe. But I might be wrong and mistaking the three movies.