Gregory Campbell won't sign photos related to his injury

Gregory Campbell would rather not relive the iconic and painful moment that cemented him as a Boston Bruins playoff hero.

Campbell, who gamely finished a shift after breaking his leg blocking a Evgeni Malkin slap shot during game 3 of the 2013 Eastern Conference finals, refuses to sign any photos that depict the single act that will likely define his NHL career.

"I'd rather get attention by helping the team win and raising the Cup rather than getting hurt and breaking my leg," he said Thursday night, hours after participating in captains practice for the first time. "… For me it was more of a discouraging moment that I had to overcome."

"I did a few, and then I started thinking about it. I don't want to glorify it," Campbell said. "It's over. The play's over, and I want to move on and focus on what's really important -- that's playing. I don't want to make something out of that play and make it into something bigger than it was. It was a blocked shot that happens countless times in a game and series and things like that, so I was just trying to what I a had to do to help this team."

I understand why Campbell would want to move on considering the injury ended his season, but one would think he'd want to embrace the shift that allowed him to go from "Colin Campbell's son" to "Beantown playoff hero".