I don't see Wheels as a play driver - might have been at one time but not now (IMO) -
He's not great coming out of his own end or through the neutral zone - Scheif is usually the guy driving play through the N zone.
He's good in the O zone but needs someone to get them there.
I agree that PLD needs to drive play but I haven't seen it yet.
Dubois was a big driver in Columbus but a lot of that was due to their defensive configuration where Dubois stayed high while someone else picked up the responsibility down low. This allowed him to lead more of the transitions or to atleast be the second forward out of the zone.
For us he's being used in more of a traditional center defensive role so he's down low supporting the defense while Ehlers is the player transitioning the puck. So I think he's not really driving because he's not being tasked with it. I'm curious to see how his game evolves offensively as a player who is now more often then not going to be coming into the offensive zone as F3 then as F1 or F2 as he was in Columbus. He has a big shot so if he can start to find thay layered space as the trailer he might make hey as a triggerman to Ehelers passing.